At an Atlantic Bridge meeting on July 16th, a former US President called out one of the dominating, global elephants-in-the-room, saying ‘America has no functioning democracy. ‘

These words came from President Jimmy Carter, and continue the trend of Carter’s clarion-call lucidity on world affairs, especially when it comes to truth telling in and on America.

Although Carter’s quote has been tweeted by Glenn Greenwald, and by Wikileaks and others, as of July 18th, in doing a Google News search, it appears Carter’s statement about America’s non-functioning democracy has not been a headline for major news outlets in the US, including broadcast journalism, which I find quite telling and revealing-further proof of the denial surrounding this very obvious fact that Carter is so bold to point out, unflinchingly and unambiguously.

In recent days, President Carter is also on the record speaking in defense of NSA whistle blower, Edward Snowden, saying to CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux that ‘Snowden’s acts may have some positive impact.