Face the Nation (CBS), October 4, 2026
On the Oct 4, 2026 episode of Face the Nation, 8 of the 15 words Kalshi listed were said; Parrot’s count agreed with all 15 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.
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15 words · 8 settled yes · our count agreed on 15 of 15- Kalshi: named speaker only
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil / Gas / Gasoline | Yes | 7 | 17 | ✓ | 71%n=3 from settlement history | – |
| Nuclear | Yes | 5 | 6 | ✓ | 45%n=9 from settlement history | – |
| Iran / Iranian | Yes | 4 | 17 | ✓ | 51%n=3 from settlement history | – |
| China / Russia | Yes | 3 | 6 | ✓ | 39%n=2 from settlement history | – |
| Europe / European | Yes | 3 | 4 | ✓ | –new new word, no probability yet | – |
| Hormuz | Yes | 1 | 1 | ✓ | 68%n=4 from settlement history | – |
| California | Yes | 1 | 1 | ✓ | –n=1 too little history for a probability | – |
| Democrat | Yes | 1 | 12 | ✓ | 41%n=8 from settlement history | – |
| Trump 3+ times | No | 0 | 13 | ✓ | 46%n=6 from settlement history | – |
| Afford / Affordable / Affordability | No | 0 | 3 | ✓ | 44%n=6 from settlement history | – |
| Venezuela / Venezuelan | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 41%n=5 from settlement history | – |
| Election | No | 0 | 7 | ✓ | 38%n=7 from settlement history | – |
| Stockpile | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | –new new word, no probability yet | – |
| Data Center | No | 0 | 1 | ✓ | 33%n=2 from settlement history | – |
| AI / Artificial Intelligence | No | 0 | 2 | ✓ | 31%n=4 from settlement history | – |
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Transcript
quotes of at most 25 wordsOfficial transcript · CBS News, Face the Nation transcript · Source · Quotes of at most 25 words; the full text is at the source.
4 matches for “Midterm”; 4 quoted, at least 25 words apart.
…Washington. And this week on Face the Nation: One month away from midterms, and the pressure on the president to do something about high prices…
…energy infrastructure. They could be planning an October surprise before the U.S. midterms. We are still seeing Iranian attacks on ships now. I mean, how…
Yes, by post-midterms, or where… (CROSSTALK)
Yes. Well, the date just stood out, you know, weeks before the midterms, doing something that could arguably push prices back up, and so if…
Where the listed words were said
…over the last months, over the last recent weeks. We've got U.S. gasoline production today at record high. We have demand for gasoline as we…
…the world's greatest terrorist regime – regime, cannot and will not have nuclear weapons. So, of course, we're looking at every avenue to achieve that…
…have just kicked the can down the road and delivered a nuclear-armed Iran to the next president. You've got to respect that. That's an incredible…
Of course we're trying to have great relations with China and move that ball forward. I think things are going reasonably well there. But then…
It's a big deal. It's a big deal. Europe has very large diesel stores. They – you know, they don't refine enough diesel to supply…
…we're living with two refineries that were recently closed, large refineries in California that Gavin Newsom forced the closure of, and, frankly, 15 years of…
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