The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell: Episode, Oct 7, 2026
On the Oct 7, 2026 episode of The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, 7 of the 14 words Kalshi listed were said; Parrot’s count agreed with all 14 settlements. Counts and timings only: the captions are at the Internet Archive.
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14 words · 7 settled yes · our count agreed on 14 of 14- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trump 3+ times | Yes | 9 | 100 | ✓ | 43%n=19 from settlement history | – |
| Republican | Yes | 2 | 31 | ✓ | 44%n=55 from settlement history | – |
| Healthcare | Yes | 1 | 1 | ✓ | 44%n=31 from settlement history | – |
| Democracy | Yes | 1 | 1 | ✓ | 41%n=8 from settlement history | – |
| Afford / Affordable / Affordability | Yes | 1 | 2 | ✓ | 34%n=47 from settlement history | – |
| Oil / Gas / Gasoline | Yes | 1 | 2 | ✓ | 29%n=30 from settlement history | – |
| Corrupt / Corruption | Yes | 1 | 3 | ✓ | 27%n=41 from settlement history | – |
| Supreme Court | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 49%n=5 from settlement history | – |
| Election | No | 0 | 6 | ✓ | 44%n=35 from settlement history | – |
| Iran / Iranian | No | 0 | 1 | ✓ | 43%n=28 from settlement history | – |
| Fraud | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 37%n=4 from settlement history | – |
| Redistrict / Redistricting / Redistricted | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 28%n=8 from settlement history | – |
| ICE | No | 0 | 2 | ✓ | 26%n=20 from settlement history | – |
| Billionaire | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 26%n=17 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.
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Where the listed words were said
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