THE THESIS: China is at war with us.THE SCRIPTURE & SCRIPTURAL RESOURCES: The CCP is pure evil . . . The Bible is quite clear about wicked leadersTHE NEWS & COMMENT:Mike O’Rourke’s CompanyThe China Syndrome—Preventing a Business Secret MeltdownChina has opened police stations in US and Canada to monitor Chinese citizens: ReportReports of Chinese police stations in US worry FBIHackers linked to Chinese government stole millions in Covid benefits, Secret Service says; The theft of state unemployment funds is the first pandemic fraud tied to foreign, state-sponsored cybercriminals that the U.S. government has acknowledged publicly.China set to loosen COVID curbs after week of protestsFBI joins probe into North Carolina countywide blackout as motive for gunfire at power substations unclear; Moore County officials cannot confirm shootings at power substations constitute domestic terrorismHow Much Money Has the U.S. Spent on the Russian Proxy War in Ukraine? Finding out how much the United States has given to Ukraine is no easy task.Eventually I tracked down a database operated by the Kiel Institute, a German think tank. They have been tracking total military and non-military aid to Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict. Their numbers include all aid from Jan. 24, 2022 to Oct. 3, 2022 (the data is scheduled for an update on Dec. 6).According to Kiel, the U.S. has transferred military and non-military aid worth $54.43 billion to the government of Ukraine. The database Kiel has maintained is by far the most granular and detailed accounting of what the U.S. government has provided to Ukraine, including descriptions of the individual batches of military equipment. If you’re interested, you can check it out here.It’s unfortunate that an American journalist must rely on a German think tank for get this information. It’s also unfortunate that Kiel had to copiously piece together this information from various statements made by the Department of Defense, the White House, and the Secretary of State. Because of that, the data is only as accurate as the American federal government’s statements to the media.Kiel’s estimated $54.43 billion plus the White House’s new request for $37 billion would bring the total cost of U.S. involvement in Ukraine to $91,430,000,000.Let’s put $91.43 billion into context: the European Union member countries and institutions have provided $30.45 billion to Ukraine, per Kiel. The Jamestown Foundation estimates the Russia's most recent annual defense spending was $77.7 billion. In 2021, the Gross Domestic Product of the state of Maine was $77.9 billion. And, of course, all of this is meaningless without noting that the total U.S. federal debt currently sits at $31.3 trillion.