Politicians want to pick his brain, women want to play with his ponytail; as social movement movers and shakers go, Drinking Liberally co-founder Justin Krebs is a virtual whirling dervish of democratic dynamism (while I, alas, am a compulsive abuser of alliteration.)

He’s faster than a speeding blog post! More powerful than a local motormouth! Able to leap tall blowhards in a single soundbite!

In his spare time, when he’s not busy building community, defending democracy, and Living Liberally, the charismatic Krebs is a cultural impresario and all-around-stand-up guy (literally–in his spare time, he does comedic improv.) Justin also co-founded the non-profit performing arts space The Tank, a Tribeca mecca for grassroots good times and “an incubator of hip, indie, up-and-comers in the arts,” according to Harvard magazine .

It’s ludicrous how many lives this George Bailey-on-steroids has touched. He’s amassed a stockpile of social capital that politicians and entrepreneurs twice his age would love to have, and he’s not even thirty.

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Fellow Takeparter Nicole wrote a very troubling post about the fact that 121 Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans have been charged with murder since their return from the war. I immediately was reminded of a great documentary I saw as part of the Screening Liberally series here in New York City called The Ground Truth (trailer below). It does a great job of examining what it is like to return from war and the difficulties of dealing with family and friends, along with the lack of support from the government. For more on some of folks working to provide support for our troops when they return and learn about the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.