The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell: Episode, May 20, 2026

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11 words · 5 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
Corrupt / Corruption Yes53%n=13 from settlement history–
Republican Yes53%n=22 from settlement history–
Election Yes49%n=10 from settlement history–
Trump 3+ timesYes–new new word, no probability yet–
Healthcare Yes28%n=4 from settlement history–
Iran / Iranian No63%n=3 from settlement history–
Oil / Gas / Gasoline No58%n=9 from settlement history–
Economy / Economic No–new new word, no probability yet–
AI / Artificial Intelligence No43%n=2 from settlement history–
Afford / Affordable / Affordability No42%n=14 from settlement history–
Redistrict / Redistricted / Redistricting No–n=1 too little history for a probability–

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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