The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell: Episode, May 12, 2026

Tue, May 12EpisodeHistory onlyThe Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell

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10 words · 6 settled yes

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.

Listed words: result, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultProbabilityMarket
Trump Yes53%n=23 from settlement history–
Oil / Gas / Gasoline Yes46%n=7 from settlement history–
Iran / Iranian Yes–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Farmer Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
SNAP / Food Stamp Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Afford / Affordable / Affordability Yes29%n=12 from settlement history–
Ballroom / Pool No–new new word, no probability yet–
China / Chinese No–new new word, no probability yet–
Republican No35%n=20 from settlement history–
Tariff No34%n=3 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 15:46 UTC.

Transcript

No transcript source yet. The results above are how the venues settled the markets.

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