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Uncle Joe

(65,387 posts)
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 07:42 PM Monday

Terrifying Details Exposed on Who Built Epstein's New Mexico Ranch

Why the hell was a military contractor involved in building Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch?

Roberto E. Rosales/Getty Images

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Why the company would go out of its way to take on the Zorro Ranch project is not clear, though Valdes-Rodriguez speculates that it could have something to do with Ghislaine Maxwell’s father.

“Bradbury Stamm holds classified construction contracts at the New Mexico nuclear weapons labs that Ghislaine Maxwell’s father, Robert Maxwell, penetrated with backdoored spy software on behalf of Israeli military intelligence in the mid-1980s, per publicly available FBI files and the testimony of Rafael Eitan, the Mossad operations chief who ran Maxwell as an asset,” Valdes-Rodriguez wrote. “Bradbury Stamm brings in hundreds of millions each year in contracts.”

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Emails issued by ranch staffers allege that at least two girls were killed and buried under the building by Epstein’s order, according to documents made public by the Justice Department via the Epstein files. Epstein even contemplated turning the estate into a headquarters for genetic engineering experiments.

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The Trump administration intervened in a New Mexico investigation at the property in 2019. In February, New Mexico lawmakers voted unanimously to pursue another investigation into Zorro Ranch, creating a bipartisan “truth commission” to examine the site’s history. New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez also ordered his office to reopen the criminal investigation into Zorro Ranch, demanding “immediate access to the complete, unredacted federal case file.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/209552/military-contractor-build-epstein-new-mexico-ranch-nuclear
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ALBliberal

(3,371 posts)
1. As a New Mexican? Brad Stamm builds everywhere
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 08:51 PM
Monday

Been around probably for at least 50 years.

And all major builders bid on lab projects.

So them having done some lab work? It’s just what happens here in NM. They will bid all day every day along with other building contractors.

So not exactly sure this would be surprising.

TBF

(37,032 posts)
2. "Emails issued by ranch staffers allege that at least two girls were killed and buried under the building" -
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 09:34 PM
Monday

any particular reason you skipped right over that line?

ALBliberal

(3,371 posts)
4. I knew that. And as a former lab employee that audited
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 09:38 PM
Monday

contractors across the country? I just don’t see the nefarious part. Many NM contractors salivate at a lab contract. But many credentials must be proven.

That is all I have to add other than it’s awful what happened there.

TBF

(37,032 posts)
10. Oh I understand your reply; and more importantly I understand
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 11:15 PM
Monday

what you're not replying to. And you don't have to. The non-response speaks volumes.

BadgerMom

(3,430 posts)
3. As another New Mexican, I agree.
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 09:37 PM
Monday

Last edited Tue Apr 28, 2026, 12:57 AM - Edit history (1)

I read the article in The New Republic and wondered about the adjective “terrifying.” Not quibbling about the descriptor for the feelings of the girls held there against their will, just not sure I’d use it about the builder.

desertrat505

(14 posts)
7. Not correct
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 09:52 PM
Monday

This information about the contractor is false on so many levels. I worked for the company, worked at Zorro Ranch and can guarantee you this is not remotely true.

Yes the company worked on projects associated with Los Alamos and Sandia Labs but they had a “residential division” because I was instrumental in its development.

Bradbury & Stamm took over the project from another contractor. They were not the original contractors.

Yes, I know there were many concerning and questionable things that are attributed to Zorro Ranch and young women were harmed. That is a fact and I want justice for these women.

However this company and the people involved in the construction are very reputable and of good faith.

Move on please, this article does not reflect any credible journalist standards.

Let’s focus on the rapist in the White House and those covering up what really happened at Zorro Ranch and across the globe.

Justice for these women survivors!!!!

TBF

(37,032 posts)
11. Girls were harmed - not women - girls. There are reports of girls killed.
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 11:19 PM
Monday

It's interesting to get so much push back re the contractor. If I were the reporter involved, that would just make me dig further.

"Nothing to see here, move along." Um, how about no.

summer_in_TX

(4,236 posts)
12. When did Bradbury-Stamm open its residential division, desertrat?
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 12:35 AM
Tuesday

And what time-frame was it when you worked at Zorro Ranch?

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