“Forgive your enemies….”

–John F. Kennedy

For Christians it is a day of reflection as we contemplate The Resurrection of Christ. It is a relevant concept for all of us, especially those for whom — like investigative journalists — Truth is our ultimate religion. Like Stephen Donziger, the attorney who sued Chievron and won a $9 Billion judgment only to be pursued by that company and destroyed for his success.

Like other journalists such as Anna Politkovskaya who, in Russia, was murdered in her apartment building by assassins for writing about Putin and the Chechen war; Jamal Khashoggi, the nephew of arms-dealer Adnan who was dismembered; writer, activist and speaker Alexei Navalny; not to mention the recent search warrant executed against a newspaper here in America in Marion, Kansas.

Of course, I know about these things and how a corrupt legal and criminal justice system, such as exists in the Hamptons can permit such things — even in America today. As has been widely attributed to Sinclair Lewis, the quote is “When fascism comes to America it will come wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”

It is well known that the hallmark of good Nazi rhetoric, like Goebbels wrote: “A lie told once remains a lie but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth.” And, I learned this first-hand. I was forced to do four years in prison for writing the Truth. Providing affordable housing, criticizing corrupt politicians like D.A. Thomas Spota and henchmen like A.D.A. McPartland, police chief James Burke, prosecutors like Constant and Stavrides, Town of Southampton politicians like Skip Heaney, David Betts, Joseph Lombardo — supply the lies that keep the system corrupt and profitable. They dip into the $2 Billion dollar Community Preservation Fund supplied by New York property buyers for anything they want.

I experienced a search warrant like the journalists in Kansas and had to take a false plea to save my family. Lies are the fodder of the current political and legal wave attempting to destroy Democracy and Truth. Even the Church and Pastors preaching forgiveness and Easter Resurrection have been enlisted to poison Christ’s message of forgiveness, humanity and love.

Resurrection is to be viewed with understanding. As a journalist I no longer place faith in our legal system since it is clear that many judges have been bought and steered by politicians with their hands out like those with a long history in the Hamptons. From the Supreme Court with appointments that should disgust any first year law student, to the Suffolk County Supreme Court where judges appointed by now incarcerated former D.A. Spota — like Thomas Whelan — still practice. And to Southmpton Town Justice Court which is the busiest Small Claims Court in the nation — presided over by Judges like Barbara Wilson — the level of obvious corruption should be offensive to all. But, we have all become numbed by the rejection of Truth and Democracy., inconvenient values to fascists.

So, remember JFKs quote:

“Forgive your enemies — but never forget their names.”