Amid a swirl of high-stakes political standoffs from Sacramento to Washington, the future of U.S. politics and democracy has felt wildly uncertain of late.

The Blue Jays didn’t win the World Series, but the $25-million winner of the Jays Care Foundation’s 50/50 jackpot can take the windfall as a life-changing consolation prize. An Oshawa name identified as Aric has scored the grand prize of $25,010,057, winning an Major League Baseball record 50/50 prize total.

Newsom’s argument is that we are not living in the abstract; in the real world, Republicans are gleefully drawing boundaries that favor their interests and hoping that Democrats stick to principles. So squabble up—here comes a fight.