The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell: Episode, Aug 26, 2026
On the Aug 26, 2026 episode of The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, 1 of the 11 words Kalshi listed were said; Parrot’s count agreed with all 11 settlements. Counts and timings only: the captions are at the Internet Archive.
UpdatedMarkets
11 words · 1 settled yes · our count agreed on 11 of 11- Kalshi: named speaker only
Kalshi
backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.
| Word | Result | Our count | All speakers | Agrees | Probability | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare | Yes | 1 | 1 | ✓ | 51%n=22 from settlement history | – |
| Whatley | No | 0 | 1 | ✓ | –new new word, no probability yet | – |
| Cancer | No | 0 | 2 | ✓ | –n=1 too little history for a probability | – |
| Farm / Farmer | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | –n=1 too little history for a probability | – |
| Iowa | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | –n=1 too little history for a probability | – |
| Republican | No | 0 | 7 | ✓ | 46%n=45 from settlement history | – |
| Corrupt / Corruption | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 39%n=35 from settlement history | – |
| Joni / Ernst | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | –n=1 too little history for a probability | – |
| Hurricane / Helene / Recovery | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | –new new word, no probability yet | – |
| Afford / Affordable / Affordability | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 26%n=36 from settlement history | – |
| ICE | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 20%n=16 from settlement history | – |
Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 20, 2026 23:45 UTC.
Transcript
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Where the listed words were said
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