Above the Fold
**UPPING THE ANTE OF A SPENDING BILL:** Clinton-appointed judge bars Trump from building border wall with military funds ([Bloomberg](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-12-10/trump-is-barred-from-building-border-wall-with-military-funds))
NO EVIDENCE OF MISLEADING: New York judge rules in favor of Exxon in climate-change fraud case (National Review)
Government & Politics
**SPEEDY TRIAL:** Republicans prepare to call no witnesses during Senate impeachment trial ([National Review](https://www.nationalreview.com/news/republicans-prepare-to-call-no-witnesses-during-senate-impeachment-trial/))
FOR AFTER THE TRIAL: Senate will not take up new NAFTA deal this year, declares McConnell (The Hill)
*WORST. HOMOPHOBIC. PRESIDENT. EVER. Senate confirms openly gay Trump nominee to 9th Circuit (The Washington Times)
*WORST. NAZI. PRESIDENT. EVER. Trump to sign executive order combating anti-Semitism (The Washington Free Beacon)
*(Hat tip to Glenn Reynolds for the taglines.)
National Security
**SAUDI SECURITY REVIEW:** U.S. grounds Saudi pilots, halts military training after base shooting ([Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-military-exclusive/u-s-grounds-saudi-pilots-halts-military-training-after-base-shooting-idUSKBN1YE2GY))
ENSURING REGULATORY CONFORMITY: Defense Department Inspector General’s office to probe use of military personnel on U.S.-Mexico border (National Review)
From the Department of Woke
**PRONOUN WARS:** “They” declared 2019 “Word of the Year” by Merriam-Webster ([The Daily Wire](https://www.dailywire.com/news/they-declared-2019-word-of-the-year-by-merriam-webster))
CREATING AND ENABLING A VICTIM: Greta Thunberg named Time magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year (ABC News)
OUTBREEDING THE INFIDELS: For the first time ever, Muhammad has made the list of top ten baby names in America (PJ Media)
Closing Arguments
**POLICY:** Paid family leave: Avoiding a new national entitlement ([The Heritage Foundation](https://www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/report/paid-family-leave-avoiding-new-national-entitlement))
POLICY: The cost of America’s cultural revolution (City Journal)
HUMOR: Report: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph were actually detained under the Obama administration (The Babylon Bee)
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