Meet the Press: Episode, Aug 16, 2026

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13 words · 9 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
Republican Yes68%n=10 from settlement history–
Afford / Affordable / Affordability Yes65%n=11 from settlement history–
Healthcare Yes65%n=4 from settlement history–
Corrupt / Corruption Yes54%n=11 from settlement history–
Oil / Gas / Gasoline Yes51%n=12 from settlement history–
Supreme Court Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Trump / President Yes–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Democracy / Democratic Yes39%n=2 from settlement history–
ICE Yes38%n=3 from settlement history–
Election No65%n=6 from settlement history–
Iran / Iranian No50%n=9 from settlement history–
Shutdown / Shut Down No38%n=7 from settlement history–
Epstein No35%n=8 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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