In short, it's a big Saturday, but a normal Saturday. A protest at the Capitol and a big football game at Camp Randall. The crowds should flow in and back out as crowds have ebbed and flowed from the isthmus from the beginning of football.
October 18, 2025
This afternoon in Madison, Wisconsin, we've got the Wisconsin/Ohio State football game and the big "No Kings" rally.
Am I worried about the chaos? Here's a helpful chart:
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Grok made that chart for me. Is it accurate? I wouldn't say Camp Randall is on the "south side" of Madison. I think we all call that location the near west side.
Only 1 to 5 thousand protesters? That sounds like a pre-disappointment (if such a thing makes sense).
I'd like to see the Venn diagram on the overlap of both crowds.
I'll ask Kamala.
A large drum the size of a small drum. Boiler Up, Meade!
World's Largest Drum
The No Kings crowd will be bigger than 5k, but nowhere near 80k. TDS is strong in WI, but not as strong as Badger Love.
Badgers gonna get their asses kicked. This is not going to be a "normal" football game, professor...
The Masses will be entertained! bwah hahaha!
You guys gonna get out there and get us some pictures? Barricade inside? Stay in the backyard and play? Let's see some content not just GrokAI telling us how things are playing out? (PS: yes, Camp Randall is on Madison's WEST side. Funny that you question that, living there so long, b/c a grok ai machine suggest otherwise... Be more skeptical, proffy? Some say you Boomers can't handle AI because you're not practiced enough with dismissing bullshit -- in a timely manner -- in the real world. That would explain the country your generation is leaving us to clean up...)
TDS is strong in WI, but not as strong as Badger Love.
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You're thinking of Golden Earring's Radar Love, perhaps?
Not too much love for this year's Badgers team led by Luke Fickell. Of course, you won't see that in Nebraska, but... #ChangeIsGonnaCome to Madison too. Let's see if his job survives the season?
Ummm... Wear a helmet?
Ummm... Wear a helmet?
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Hunker down and send your manfolk out with a camera to record the happenings?
In Boston big protest has been latching their crap marches to other events that will have turnout. Wouldn’t surprise me the Madison ‘crowd’ will get lots of national air time…
The attempts to dramatize the “No Kings” rally are funny. The Trump admin isn’t doing anything to stop the rallies, but for the purposes of promotion, the organizers have to attempt to convince people that the rallies are somehow being suppressed.
You have a march and a rally in Madison? That’s very special. We only have the rally and it starts at 10:00.
No college football game in my town, but it’s the Third Saturday in October down in Tuscaloosa, where you nice cheese people visited earlier this season. :)
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/10/the-week-in-pictures-what-cease-fire-edition.php
A handful of people standing on a highway overpass with a "No Kings" banner, waving little American flags, shouting at the cars below zipping past at 80 mph is precisely the sort of cockeyed optimism that made this country great.
Its more like a python sketch without the punchline
Tickets for the A&M game last week were $200.
One might expect this would lead to massive parking problems. Luckily, the No Kings attendees and many of the Wisconsin football fans are Climate Change believers. I’m sure they gave up their automobiles years ago.
What about the market at the Capitol? Is it still happening? Wish I had seen this news item (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/09/travel/things-to-do-madison.html), would have planned the trip? May be need to move my consultancy, or what’s left of it, to Madison.
I hope Antiki doesn't show up and start trouble.
Finally something I can agree with leftists on: We all hate the L.A. Kings.
I would have thought the numbers would be reversed. The last two home games the badgers were out scored 64-10. And Ohio State best team in country.
I would bet even odds more than 10k at the March.
I bet there is not a lot of overlap between the sports crowds and the protest crowds.
So is Trump Hitler or King George?
And what about Elvis?
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Melodrama Amazon much?
The MAGA talking points is that the rallies will be chock full of Antifa and there will be lots of violence. And if that isn’t he case how will MAGA spin it?
I am planning a bike ride this afternoon and will be extra cautious using the overpass on East Washington Ave. During the first protest/march/rally the overpass was quite congested with protesters and banners. I was not expecting a crowd on what is normally an empty bridge and about 3 miles from the Capitol. I had to weave my way through them nearly got clobbered by a sign.
MAGA doesn't need to spin anything. At this point, we're just here for the laughs.
How many are expected for the "Yes Kings" counter protest?
Half the fans will be Buckeye fans. Wisconsin football has really driven off a cliff. As Charles Barkley would say "Turrible"
Shouting Thomas said...The attempts to dramatize the “No Kings” rally are funny. The Trump admin isn’t doing anything to stop the rallies, but for the purposes of promotion, the organizers have to attempt to convince people that the rallies are somehow being suppressed.
I also like how it is always referred to as a peaceful protest, even though it hasn’t happened yet. As though it were part of the name—the No Kings Peaceful Protest. They have to keep reminding themselves to be peaceful because it’s so unnatural to them.
’The MAGA talking points is that the rallies will be chock full of Antifa and there will be lots of violence.’
I haven’t heard that at all, nor do I expect any violence.
jim5301 said...The MAGA talking points is that the rallies will be chock full of Antifa and there will be lots of violence. And if that isn’t he case how will MAGA spin it?
Keep telling yourself that. There are no MAGA talking points because they don’t care. Most of them won’t even know it happened.
"No Kings" is a Woke card game where all the Kings are taken out and replaced with 4 more queens... or queers... or non binary... whatever.
Agenda,
--- first set of WI losers meet at the Capitol
--- second set of WI losers meet at the Camp Randall Stadium
Kamala will attend the post-game show to help with Venn diagrams,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=monCaCC3saQ
This is just rehearsal for when they attack cops and ice afents
And if that isn’t he case how will MAGA spin it?
Why "spin" it? It's going to be some large number of people scared of their own shadows, protesting something that isn't happening. Who needs "spin" when you've got reality?
https://x.com/ashincolorado/status/1978872770357530731
We are having bike week down hereso it could get spicy
If my locality is any guide, the No Kings rallies will be peaceful because they will be mostly the elderly.
The rally should be renamed to “Not WorKing”.
"No Kings" is a musical chairs game developed by former royal Prince Andrew.
Wait. We can't very well call him Prince anymore, can we?
btw, this Jeffrey Epstein fella
has done more from the grave
than any man alive today
Kind of like jacob marley
{{{ raises hand }}}
Can we do a class project and send our best local protest pictures to Althouse and get like a little trophy for the winner? :)
I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.--Otter
Well, somebody had to post it.
Dem: No kings!
Bystander: What about queens?
Dem: Um...it's complicated.
Seriously folks. Whose idea was it to have a "No Kings" protest on Homecoming Weekend?
Is little wonder the kids are so confused now days.
Former royal Prince Andrew, while stripped of his titles and gaudy attire, has been named by Chuckie to be his new Groom of the Stool,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groom_of_the_Stool
In pinochle a 10 is worth than king. Fox News has no kings, but they have lots of 10’s.
Say No to Kings and Yes to ICE.
Whose idea was it to have a "No Kings" protest on Homecoming Weekend?
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Homecoming is over.
The Badgers got shut out by Iowa.
This is going to be a loooong season. Maybe OSU will bench their starters so the Badgers can keep it competitive?
And if that isn’t he case how will MAGA spin it?
Jim, this a win-win for Trump.
Breezy said...
The rally should be renamed to “Not WorKing”.
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It's Saturday. Only the "essentials" are working. Does anybody here in the comments section even remember what work is? lol. Hit the tipjar -- those groceries do not deliver themselves! lol
No Kings, No ICE, No AC/CD.
Let's face it. The new left is all work and no play.
The protest might be more interesting than the game. Based on results in previous games, this should be a blowout.
"Lem Vibe Bandit said...
Seriously folks. Whose idea was it to have a "No Kings" protest on Homecoming Weekend?
Is little wonder the kids are so confused now days."
Pretty sure that was last week v. Iowa. The got shut out 37-0.
Want no Kings? Move to Canada.
They don’t want NO Kings. They want THEIR Kings, but they put up a bad candidate and they lost the election.
I was told that it would be "millions" that I would be joining, if I would only RSVP via the link provided. Why they felt like feeding me that ad was worth the money they spent on it, I don't know.
What do we want? No kings!
When do we not want that? Huh?
To quote Meade: GO BUCKEYES!
In our south Atlanta metro area, the local Democrat groups (stop pretending they’re non-partisan) schedule their protests sequentially so they have time for the chartered buses to get the protesters from protest location to the next.
So, no Schoenling Little Kings at tailgate?
Ah yes another city that has its act together sarc
It shows how out of touch the "No Kings" - really should be "No Brains" - organizers were to schedule it on one of the biggest college football Saturdays of the year. ESPN listed 32 games today critical to conference standings and the CFP. Normal people will be focused all day on the games. The protests, if seen by anyone, will only demonstrate even more how unhinged the Democrat Party is and more voters will be driven away from them.
You hosting the tailgate/protest party at meadhouse? *wink*
In Chambersburg, PA, near us, US Route 30 is detoured both directions for the party. It's a major east-west thoroughfare with a lot of semitruck traffic, mostly toll-dodgers avoiding the Turnpike, but a fair amount of local traffic too. Likewise, Route 30 in Gettysburg is blocked at about the same time.
Key Takeaways
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My older sister is participating in the rally in SoCal. She also forwarded a meme on social media claiming that ICE arrests constitute kidnapping, and therefore a felony. By that logic, any arrest by the Feds for breaking Federal law is kidnapping. Not well-thought through.
Nevertheless, I pray for her safety and that of those who are being completely (not mostly) peaceful. I reserve imprecatory prayers for the organizers and enablers, and the bad actors.
Bob B said...
"One might expect this would lead to massive parking problems. Luckily, the No Kings attendees and many of the Wisconsin football fans are Climate Change believers. I’m sure they gave up their automobiles years ago."
They'll just hitch a ride on the SEIU buses.
At Planned Protesterhood it is served with a nice Chianti.
Kickoff is at 2:30. Maybe Grok default to Eastern Time?
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/17/sciam-can-we-bulldoze-enough-forests-to-prevent-climate-change/
I am for which kinetic event has free food?
The Badgers deserve to be protested for their John Coatta-era imitation this year. The No Kings thing is an excellent opportunity for elderly people to get some fresh air and stale rhetoric.
Irony alert: The funding for the "No Kings" protests are provided by a small group of billionaires.
Great tweet on the subject
"We traced $294,487,641 to the official No Kings 2.0 partners & organizers...all funneled through the same "Riot Inc." dark-money networks: Arabella network $79.7M+ Soros network $72.1M+ Ford network $51.7M+, Tides $45.5M+, Rockefeller $28.6M+, and Buffett $16.6M+," Bruner wrote on X.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fueled-billionaires-no-kings-prepares-color-revolution-style-mobilization-against-trump
Not Wisconsin's best showing.
A football program in need of a team and a coach.
A 'protest' offering no solution to a problem that does not exist.
I dunno, isn't this at least the third 'No Kings' nationwide rally/protest? The first one drew some medium-sized crowds, the kind that make it almost impossible to get an impressive crowd picture. The second one, as far as I could tell at the time, died without much of a whimper. It looks like, in the modern era (no USAID teat), the budget for advertising has remained almost the same while the budget for rent-a-protesters has dried up, leaving only the delusional passionates. I'm not expecting much out of today. I guess the good news might be that ICE might have a more productive day, if all of the usual nitwits are off protesting kings, somewhere.
Bad football and protests in Madison…..back to the 60’s.
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