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angrychair

(11,999 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:39 PM Yesterday

Want to know how depraved Republicans are?

The Zorro Ranch in New Mexico was bought by a Republican and his wife. He is currently running for comptroller of Texas.

While the state of New Mexico has plans to search the home it is currently having the interior demolished in a complete renovation.

It is apparently the plan of this Republican couple to use the ranch as Christian home for troubled teens.

Yes, you read that correctly.

These depraved assholes are planning on shipping troubled teens to a remote home in the desert that was once very likely used to rape, torture and murder children.

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Want to know how depraved Republicans are? (Original Post) angrychair Yesterday OP
Bring in the cadaver dogs first thing. FadedMullet Yesterday #1
Yes but what might be more efficient angrychair Yesterday #2
You mean GPR Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #4
Oh, it's more than that angrychair Yesterday #6
Ah, learn something new every day Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #7
Very welcome angrychair Yesterday #8
Lidar is awesome... 2naSalit Yesterday #9
I love it! catchnrelease Yesterday #13
Also used occasionally by county medical examiners wnylib 6 hrs ago #30
lidar is used to detect subsurface anomolies Kali Yesterday #10
Well, they are carrying on Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #3
GOP Gang Of Pedophiles Wicked Blue Yesterday #5
His name is Don Huffines and it sounds like he is destroying evidence, I hope the law is involved. OGBuzz Yesterday #11
Well the state of New Mexico at least angrychair Yesterday #20
His son works for trump, so makes one wonder mwmisses4289 6 hrs ago #28
We have a great Democratic Governor here... Escape Yesterday #12
NM Rep Melanie Stanberry is on it big time. womanofthehills 3 hrs ago #47
Melanie is fantastic.... Escape 2 hrs ago #48
Why hasn't the court issued a Stop Work order? BidenRocks Yesterday #14
Honestly angrychair Yesterday #21
This just has to be a Codifer Yesterday #15
Probably for pregnant, "troubled" teens. nt Trueblue Texan Yesterday #16
Modeled after the Magdalene laundries in Ireland, perhaps? hunter 6 hrs ago #31
As I mentioned in a previous post on this subject... GiqueCee Yesterday #17
So, trafficking again Bettie Yesterday #18
rape, torture and murder children skypilot Yesterday #19
Especially angrychair Yesterday #22
Their advisors for this popsdenver 4 hrs ago #36
There are levels of sick that I am just finding out about. twodogsbarking 23 hrs ago #23
Oh, I think popsdenver 4 hrs ago #37
I would never trust a home for children run by Christians. Linda ladeewolf 7 hrs ago #24
Sounds more like Squid Games every day relayerbob 7 hrs ago #25
Let's hope this marks the end of extreme Xtian Nationalism -- it needs to DIE Blue Owl 7 hrs ago #26
Fox guarding the hen house out of the view of the public. The ranch is 13 sq. miles large. Pepsidog 7 hrs ago #27
So they want to use it again for its previous purposes. quakerboy 6 hrs ago #29
The Jeff Epstein Memorial Home for Missing Teens struggle4progress 6 hrs ago #32
Tex-Ass rePUKES are running a criminal syndicate wolfie001 5 hrs ago #33
the huffines are notorious here in texas. Javaman 5 hrs ago #34
DEPRAVED ????????? popsdenver 4 hrs ago #35
Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson was involved with Epstein. MuirHero 4 hrs ago #38
The article I attached in my previous post is old news from 2024. MuirHero 4 hrs ago #40
My question is, after all this time, what evidence would have remained in the house? Martin68 4 hrs ago #39
If there are bodies buried on the property they would still be there. MuirHero 4 hrs ago #41
Indeed, if bodies are involved it would make sense to search for them. Martin68 3 hrs ago #46
Exactly angrychair 4 hrs ago #42
Business as usual for the perverts. travelingthrulife 4 hrs ago #43
Answered the casting call ThoughtCriminal 4 hrs ago #44
No way to use Luminol Historic NY 3 hrs ago #45

angrychair

(11,999 posts)
2. Yes but what might be more efficient
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:49 PM
Yesterday

Is Lidar. It can be used to identify potential unmarked graves.

Miguelito Loveless

(5,598 posts)
4. You mean GPR
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:51 PM
Yesterday

Ground Penetrating Radar

Lidar is a laser-based sensor system, typically use on autonomous vehicles.

angrychair

(11,999 posts)
6. Oh, it's more than that
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:55 PM
Yesterday

I work in state government and we use drones with Lidar to do topographical maps and reveal all kinds of stuff.
It does it by analyzing subtle changes in topography elevation and ground density on a minute scale.

It's even used by archeologists to reveal ancient structures that may be hidden by trees, underbrush or sand.

Miguelito Loveless

(5,598 posts)
7. Ah, learn something new every day
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:57 PM
Yesterday

I didn't allow for blending of tech, Drones+Lidar.

Thanks for the correction.

angrychair

(11,999 posts)
8. Very welcome
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:04 PM
Yesterday

A good example of what I'm talking about is a National Geographic archaeologist named Albert Lin who hosted a show called 'Lost Cities'. He used that tech as a central component of his research.

2naSalit

(101,441 posts)
9. Lidar is awesome...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:19 PM
Yesterday

I was working with some Lidar data in grad school, it was in its infancy then but I could see the potential for archaeology and it has proven true since then.

catchnrelease

(2,145 posts)
13. I love it!
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 06:08 PM
Yesterday

Other than a layman's interest in geology, I have no training or education in that topic. But I LOVE looking at LIDAR photos of the earth. In particular to see old river courses, changes in the topography of landscapes etc. It's just fascinating to me that such a thing can exist to show what once was and how things have changed over the eons.

wnylib

(25,416 posts)
30. Also used occasionally by county medical examiners
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:26 PM
6 hrs ago

and forensic anthropologists during murder investigations for this type of situation. I learned about that fact in a detective novel.

OGBuzz

(145 posts)
11. His name is Don Huffines and it sounds like he is destroying evidence, I hope the law is involved.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:30 PM
Yesterday

angrychair

(11,999 posts)
20. Well the state of New Mexico at least
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 06:52 PM
Yesterday

They are working on it but I have a feeling by the time they have their ducks in a row it will be way too late.
Ultimately, the FBI and the people manipulating the situation over the years are to blame for why they never searched that home. I believe them not searching that home is it's own criminal conspiracy.

mwmisses4289

(3,716 posts)
28. His son works for trump, so makes one wonder
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:14 PM
6 hrs ago

if t issued orders via the son to tear it down.
Can NM file interfering/obstruction with an investigation charge and seize the property?

Escape

(420 posts)
12. We have a great Democratic Governor here...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:43 PM
Yesterday

and all of our US congressmen and congresswomen are good Democrats. The courts and judges follow suit.

The investigation of Zorro will be done and done accurately.

We are right next to Texas.....but we AIN'T Texas!

womanofthehills

(10,825 posts)
47. NM Rep Melanie Stanberry is on it big time.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 03:48 PM
3 hrs ago

She was one of few checking out redacted Epstein files. She wants to know who knew what and kept their mouth closed. She said not only women and kids were missing but also men.

Escape

(420 posts)
48. Melanie is fantastic....
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 04:57 PM
2 hrs ago

She's is fast becoming a hero here and across the country. She is honest, tough and articulate.

angrychair

(11,999 posts)
21. Honestly
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 06:57 PM
Yesterday

Past administrations and the FBI should have executed a search warrant on that site years ago.

Codifer

(1,193 posts)
15. This just has to be a
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 06:25 PM
Yesterday

Steven King horror novel plot.

Oh how I wish that that was all it was.

hunter

(40,524 posts)
31. Modeled after the Magdalene laundries in Ireland, perhaps?
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:39 PM
6 hrs ago
In the late 18th century, the term "fallen women" primarily referred to prostitutes, but by the end of the 19th century, Magdalene laundries were filled with many different kinds of women, including girls who were "not prostitutes at all", but rather "seduced women". Some of the "fallen women" had not willingly participated in sex (i.e., those who were victims of rape and/or incest), and some women and girls in the laundries were there not due to intercourse but rather because they were orphans, abused, deserted by their families, or did not conform to societal norms of the time.

-- more --

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_laundries_in_Ireland


Once again, conservatives conserving the horrors of the past.

GiqueCee

(3,724 posts)
17. As I mentioned in a previous post on this subject...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 06:31 PM
Yesterday

... Doesn't the State of New Mexico have the legal authority to halt any and all demolition and/or construction in the interest of preserving potential evidence? They had sufficient probable cause to initiate an investigation, so...?

skypilot

(9,115 posts)
19. rape, torture and murder children
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 06:45 PM
Yesterday

It will probably continue to be used for that. The thought of a Republican-owned Christian home for troubled youth sends chills down my spine.

angrychair

(11,999 posts)
22. Especially
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:01 PM
Yesterday

When the person that wants to open that business is obviously an accountant/finance guy (I assume since he is running for comptroller of Texas) so it seems odd.

popsdenver

(1,993 posts)
36. Their advisors for this
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:06 PM
4 hrs ago

are probably pedo's kicked out of the Catholic Church and Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts of America........

Linda ladeewolf

(1,130 posts)
24. I would never trust a home for children run by Christians.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:19 AM
7 hrs ago

I’ve seen countless stories and court cases that show just what they really are.

Pepsidog

(6,359 posts)
27. Fox guarding the hen house out of the view of the public. The ranch is 13 sq. miles large.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:01 PM
7 hrs ago

wolfie001

(7,454 posts)
33. Tex-Ass rePUKES are running a criminal syndicate
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:28 PM
5 hrs ago

Out-of-control nazis running that state govt. A trumper shot his daughter in the face and was quickly let off the hook. I recommend moving out if possible. I'm sure they've destroyed millions of ballots over the years. Dystopian scary place.

Javaman

(65,474 posts)
34. the huffines are notorious here in texas.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:35 PM
5 hrs ago

they are a crooked bunch of good ol'boy old money fucks.

when I saw that he bought the ranch (too bad it wasn't the farm LOL), I knew 1) he was tied up tight with epstein and 2) he got rid of the bodies.

popsdenver

(1,993 posts)
35. DEPRAVED ?????????
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:04 PM
4 hrs ago

I WOULD SAY DESPICABLE.............

RepubliCONs covering their asses, by destroying ALL evidence of their most horrific crime.........

MuirHero

(115 posts)
38. Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson was involved with Epstein.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:07 PM
4 hrs ago

Former two term New Mexico Governor and the most powerful politician in that state for many years, Bill Richardson, was apparently involved in this sordid Epstein mess. That could explain why the DOJ under previous Democratic administrations never investigated what went on at the Zorro ranch.

https://www.koat.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-documents-released-bill-richardson/46362386

As I said many times before, I don't care who was involved and committed these horrific crimes with Epstein - Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, whatever - if they committed crimes they all need to be held accountable and brought to justice.

MuirHero

(115 posts)
40. The article I attached in my previous post is old news from 2024.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:11 PM
4 hrs ago

But it is news nonetheless that was widely reported at the time.

MuirHero

(115 posts)
41. If there are bodies buried on the property they would still be there.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:19 PM
4 hrs ago

If the bodies of the two underage European girls who were allegedly trafficked to the Zorro ranch where they were brutally raped and strangled to death are found buried on the property, that would validate the tip that the FBI received years ago and which they did absolutely nothing to follow up on.

This coverup spans both Republican and Democratic administrations for almost 4 decades. Looks like this is a bigger conspiracy and coverup than we have ever seen in the modern era.

angrychair

(11,999 posts)
42. Exactly
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:38 PM
4 hrs ago

I imagine very little but even less if this Republican is allowed to gut the interior.

Where their is potential is if he buried bodies on the property. Modern technology like lidar and other tech could find those bodies. Only problem is that will take time because that is a huge piece of very remote property.

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