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America Is Turning Into The Soviet Union. You Can Blame Epstein’s Cabal

A gross perversion

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John Loftus
Feb 11, 2026
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The latest batch of Epstein files exposes debauchery and corruption among American elites, the very same high-minded people who claim to be virtuous and democratic but acted quite differently when dashing off emails to Jeffrey Epstein.

But it also exposed perhaps the biggest piece of evidence we have seen yet that the United States of America is slowly turning into a regime much like the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

This is a bitter pill to swallow, to say the least. To Americans, it seems like a gross perversion of the spirit of the country and the Constitution. To those who lived through the Soviet Union’s collapse, it’s all too familiar.

Before we get to Epstein and his pals, though, let’s first consider the similarities between Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, and former President Barack Obama. They have more in common than you think.

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