The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell: Episode, Sep 22, 2026
On the Sep 22, 2026 episode of The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, 6 of the 15 words Kalshi listed were said; Parrot’s count agreed with all 15 settlements. Counts and timings only: the captions are at the Internet Archive.
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15 words · 6 settled yes · our count agreed on 15 of 15- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran / Iranian | Yes | 5 | 18 | ✓ | 34%n=24 from settlement history | – |
| Afford / Affordable / Affordability | Yes | 3 | 12 | ✓ | 22%n=42 from settlement history | – |
| Healthcare | Yes | 2 | 29 | ✓ | 72%n=26 from settlement history | – |
| Insurance | Yes | 2 | 3 | ✓ | –new new word, no probability yet | – |
| Republican | Yes | 1 | 23 | ✓ | 66%n=50 from settlement history | – |
| Election | Yes | 1 | 5 | ✓ | 62%n=31 from settlement history | – |
| Trump 3+ times | No | 1 | 54 | ✓ | 62%n=16 from settlement history | – |
| Data Center | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | –n=1 too little history for a probability | – |
| Corrupt / Corruption / Crook | No | 0 | 13 | ✓ | 60%n=3 from settlement history | – |
| 2028 / Campaign | No | 0 | 31 | ✓ | 58%n=3 from settlement history | – |
| AI / Artificial Intelligence | No | 0 | 2 | ✓ | 42%n=10 from settlement history | – |
| Anthropic / OpenAI | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | –new new word, no probability yet | – |
| Bioweapon / Bioterrorism | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | –new new word, no probability yet | – |
| Crypto / Cryptocurrency / Bitcoin | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | –n=1 too little history for a probability | – |
| Billionaire | No | 0 | 2 | ✓ | 25%n=13 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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