. @MrAndyNgo is giving a very sober, sophisticated, yet easily understandable assessment of Antifa methodologies, from organization to command-and-control, to weaponry. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/the-right-of-the-people-peaceably-to-assemble-protecting-speech-by-stopping-anarchist-violence

"Portland is the canary in the coal mine," @MrAndyNgo says in @SenTedCruz-run hearing. Antifa, he says, wants to destroy our republic.

Professor @JonathanTurley is testifying now. We are witnessing an erosion of freedom of speech in America. "Antifa is arguably the most successful anti-speech movement of this generation," he says. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/the-right-of-the-people-peaceably-to-assemble-protecting-speech-by-stopping-anarchist-violence

Professor @JonathanTurley agrees that Antifa is "winning" because of universities, media, and politicians effectively promote and endorse the violence. He cites Nadler calling Antifa a myth: "Antifa is no myth. ... Antifa trains people to remain anonymous."

Professor Turley: Antifa wears masks as part of its modus operandi.

(Could be a reason why so many politicians want the entire population to wear masks during this rioting.)

"Silence kills free speech. It is the silence of professors as their colleagues" are harassed..."

George Washington University Professor Turley blames the "silence" of professors, journalists, and "most importantly" politicians who threaten free speech.

Antifa thrives through intimidation and through public silence and inaction, he says.

Michael German of the Brennan Center for Justice tries to sound moderate but is blaming law enforcement for making protests more extreme. He mentions BLM but doesn't want to fix blame on Antifa, and says holding groups accountable would be "counterproductive."

Michael German says that there's a lot of "disinformation" about Antifa, most of it "unsubstantiated," that has undermined law enforcement and caused "vigilante" groups to take action. He blames Trump for making problem worse by identifying Antifa as a terrorist entity.

Nkenge Harmon Johnson of the Portland Urban League testifies in the @SenTedCruz hearing, saying that she is being denied her full constitutional rights.

She blames "dangerous federal forces" from Washington DC to silence black people in Oregon.

Johnson is trying to make it look like white supremacists and Nazis are getting help from police, so it's no surprise that the police would call black protesters "rioters."

She is giving Antifa and the armed rioters and arsonists a free pass.

Johnson of the Urban League says that critics are creating "political theater" and focuses on protesters being repressed and abused for reasons having nothing to do with organized violence. Her oral testimony makes it appear that police are committing political repression.

My colleague @ShidelerK is testifying now. He's giving a superb presentation on Antifa and the problems that law enforcement has had in identifying it and how it operates.