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angrychair

(11,996 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:39 PM 22 hrs ago

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 22 hrs ago OP
Bring in the cadaver dogs first thing. FadedMullet 22 hrs ago #1
Yes but what might be more efficient angrychair 22 hrs ago #2
You mean GPR Miguelito Loveless 22 hrs ago #4
Oh, it's more than that angrychair 21 hrs ago #6
Ah, learn something new every day Miguelito Loveless 21 hrs ago #7
Very welcome angrychair 21 hrs ago #8
Lidar is awesome... 2naSalit 21 hrs ago #9
I love it! catchnrelease 20 hrs ago #13
Also used occasionally by county medical examiners wnylib 2 hrs ago #30
lidar is used to detect subsurface anomolies Kali 21 hrs ago #10
Well, they are carrying on Miguelito Loveless 22 hrs ago #3
GOP Gang Of Pedophiles Wicked Blue 21 hrs ago #5
His name is Don Huffines and it sounds like he is destroying evidence, I hope the law is involved. OGBuzz 21 hrs ago #11
Well the state of New Mexico at least angrychair 19 hrs ago #20
His son works for trump, so makes one wonder mwmisses4289 2 hrs ago #28
We have a great Democratic Governor here... Escape 21 hrs ago #12
Why hasn't the court issued a Stop Work order? BidenRocks 20 hrs ago #14
Honestly angrychair 19 hrs ago #21
This just has to be a Codifer 20 hrs ago #15
Probably for pregnant, "troubled" teens. nt Trueblue Texan 20 hrs ago #16
Modeled after the Magdalene laundries in Ireland, perhaps? hunter 2 hrs ago #31
As I mentioned in a previous post on this subject... GiqueCee 20 hrs ago #17
So, trafficking again Bettie 20 hrs ago #18
rape, torture and murder children skypilot 20 hrs ago #19
Especially angrychair 19 hrs ago #22
Their advisors for this popsdenver 45 min ago #36
There are levels of sick that I am just finding out about. twodogsbarking 19 hrs ago #23
Oh, I think popsdenver 44 min ago #37
I would never trust a home for children run by Christians. Linda ladeewolf 3 hrs ago #24
Sounds more like Squid Games every day relayerbob 3 hrs ago #25
Let's hope this marks the end of extreme Xtian Nationalism -- it needs to DIE Blue Owl 2 hrs ago #26
Fox guarding the hen house out of the view of the public. The ranch is 13 sq. miles large. Pepsidog 2 hrs ago #27
So they want to use it again for its previous purposes. quakerboy 2 hrs ago #29
The Jeff Epstein Memorial Home for Missing Teens struggle4progress 2 hrs ago #32
Tex-Ass rePUKES are running a criminal syndicate wolfie001 1 hr ago #33
the huffines are notorious here in texas. Javaman 1 hr ago #34
DEPRAVED ????????? popsdenver 47 min ago #35
Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson was involved with Epstein. MuirHero 43 min ago #38
The article I attached in my previous post is old news from 2024. MuirHero 40 min ago #40
My question is, after all this time, what evidence would have remained in the house? Martin68 41 min ago #39
If there are bodies buried on the property they would still be there. MuirHero 32 min ago #41
Exactly angrychair 13 min ago #42

angrychair

(11,996 posts)
2. Yes but what might be more efficient
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:49 PM
22 hrs ago

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
22 hrs ago

Ground Penetrating Radar

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

angrychair

(11,996 posts)
6. Oh, it's more than that
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:55 PM
21 hrs ago

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
21 hrs ago

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

Thanks for the correction.

angrychair

(11,996 posts)
8. Very welcome
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:04 PM
21 hrs ago

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

(101,437 posts)
9. Lidar is awesome...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:19 PM
21 hrs ago

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
20 hrs ago

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

(25,404 posts)
30. Also used occasionally by county medical examiners
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:26 PM
2 hrs ago

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

OGBuzz

(142 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
21 hrs ago

angrychair

(11,996 posts)
20. Well the state of New Mexico at least
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 06:52 PM
19 hrs ago

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
2 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

(419 posts)
12. We have a great Democratic Governor here...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:43 PM
21 hrs ago

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!

angrychair

(11,996 posts)
21. Honestly
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 06:57 PM
19 hrs ago

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
20 hrs ago

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
2 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

(3,721 posts)
17. As I mentioned in a previous post on this subject...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 06:31 PM
20 hrs ago

... 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
20 hrs ago

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

(11,996 posts)
22. Especially
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:01 PM
19 hrs ago

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
45 min 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
3 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
2 hrs ago

wolfie001

(7,451 posts)
33. Tex-Ass rePUKES are running a criminal syndicate
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:28 PM
1 hr 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
1 hr 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
47 min 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
43 min 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
40 min 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
32 min 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

(11,996 posts)
42. Exactly
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:38 PM
13 min 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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