Alex Krivov

[Alex Krivov @krivov]

This is my quant.

[Exec Sum @exec_sum]

BREAKING: Quant trading firm Susquehanna committed $500M to hedge World Cup outcomes via prediction markets

For context, Morgan Stanley is forecasting a dent in Latin American beer sales from Brazil and Mexico's exits and SIG is looking to capitalize on such trends by selling brands insurance/hedges against upsets

[iamyesyouareno @iamyesyouareno]

Isn’t multiculturalism great?

[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

In accordance with @POTUS's "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" order, a new report exposes how the Smithsonian turned the Nat'l Museum of American History into a vehicle for Radical Left propaganda and degeneracy.

Here are some of the worst examples.

🧵THREAD:

[Alex Krivov @krivov]

@hrh_elliot Indian work ethic

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

Everyone's clowning on Commie Mamdani for having Washington's desk backwards in this hostage video, but it's deliberate.
It's meant to be this way: you are Washington, looking at the carpetbagger who came to your desk to tell you he hates your country and he's got demands.

[Jeremy Carl @realJeremyCarl]

I wanted to sit with the Mamdani July 4th comments for a while before reacting to them.

I think here is my ultimate problem: (And it's not a perfect metaphor, but I think it's a basically accurate one) An immigrant-- especially one who comes from neither a European nor a Christian background like Mamdani, has to come to America like a new Christian comes to Christ.

You make your spiritual breakthrough when you understand that you are bringing nothing to the party. It's not "Jesus+my awesome works"-- it's just Jesus-- he already did everything. You just need to show up and honor him.

Nothing in the background of someone like Mamdani contributed in a meaningful way to the building of America from a small set of colonies hugging the Eastern seaboard to the greatest and most powerful nation the world has ever seen. That's not a moral or personal flaw of Mamdani's. But it is what it is.

My family has been here since the mid-to-late 19th century-- far less time than some and with far less distinguished contributions than others-- but enough time to have contributed to a meaningful way to the building of modern America.

I still absolutely "didn't build that" myself but I'm the rightful inheritor of some of those who did. Mamdani is demanding to share in and even define my inheritance--an inheritance that just doesn't belong to him.

Mamdani's been a citizen for less than a decade. He has nothing to add to the understanding of America. His job right now is just to show up and honor it-- not to formulate new doctrines about it's meaning.

In a few generations, his story and the story of his family may well be part of a new American story-- but he's not there yet, and there are no shortcuts to getting there. That's hard-- personally and on the ego. And not too many immigrants are capable of it-- which is why we need a closed border right now. But in theory, I can welcome someone from any background capable of accomplishing that very difficult task.

As Stephen Tonsor once memorably said in a different context:

"It is splendid when the town whore gets religion and joins the church. Now and then she makes a good choir director, but when she begins to tell the minister what he ought to say in his Sunday sermons, matters have been carried too far.”

Mamdani hasn't even joined the church yet.

And he's trying to tell the pastor what to say in his Sunday sermons.

And that rubs a lot of people the wrong way.

[PFT Commenter @PFTCommenter]

Could be the biggest losing day for the Japanese and Germans in quite some time 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Alex Krivov @krivov]

What a headline

[POLITICO @politico]

Democrats grapple uncomfortably with World Cup success https://t.co/CPU4GKBaQn

[Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt]

Some thoughts after last night’s Hammer and Sickle wave in NYC:

1. The base of the Democrat Party is now post-American, in their ideals and in their voters. Primary winners ran on "ending the American Empire" and blamed American capitalism for 9/11. Why do you think they're fighting so hard to stop the SAVE America Act?

2. Chuck Schumer, the Great Arsonist of the Senate, is not a viable candidate for reelection in 2028. He sacrificed his career on the altar of mass migration. Now mass migration will cannibalize him.

3. Import the third-world. Become the third-world. Half of NYC residents have a language other than English as their primary language. Zohran got 62% of the foreign-born votes and only 31% of the American-born votes. I bet that trend continued for the Leftist winners of these primaries.

4. To those who say Twitter isn't real life, I'm not sure Bluesky/TikTok are either. Online darlings of the left George Conway and Jack Schlossberg got creamed.

5. "We are Westerners fighting for the total eradication of Western Civilization" was the stated goal of a group founded by a soon-to-be congresswoman. If you still don't know what time it is...

6. It is becoming more and more clear that the Left is rallying around explicitly anti-Western views as it loses ground on the trans/DEI front, just as the Left has done in Europe. Watch this space in the 2028 Democrat Presidential primaries. Communists winning elections is not a "win for the right." This will do great damage to our country and to the political outlook of many Americans.

7. We can still win, but the coalition is changing. The battleline is increasingly about the view of America: are we a nation daring to be great again or is America a mistake and a sin worthy only of eradication?

This isn't an arbitrary game or some meaningless competition. Our nation is on the line.

[Alex Krivov @krivov]

@ilektramerc While you read the century-old teachings, some of us got to experience the consequences of their implementation. Maybe you should spend some time in Cuba or North Korea for context.

[Charles DeGlopper @bronzebarbarian]

If you find yourself unarmed near a mass shooting the first thing to do is disarm the female cop so you have a gun and they can't shoot you.

[Dr Phoxotic @Phoxotic]

Keir Starmer - Don't Look Back in Anger (Official Music Video)

[Alex Krivov @krivov]

@Oilfield_Rando And then there was the France - Senegal game...

[FischerKing @FischerKing64]

In other words - the Biden administration throwing the border open in 2021 contributed massively to the affordability crisis facing young, indebted adults.

[Alex Krivov @krivov]

Some truly American news here.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

NEW: TSA warns World Cup visitors not to pack oversized bottles of ranch dressing in their carry-ons, as ranch mania spreads among foreign fans.

[Alex Krivov @krivov]

@ChrisO_wiki

[ChrisO_wiki @ChrisO_wiki]

When he's right, he's right

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

White House, June 2024 vs June 2026: