Protesters dressed as characters from the Handmaid’s tales, outbursts and arrests as citizens are removed by the Capitol Police, and general pandemonium marked the opening of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. And that was before anyone had even made an opening statement. From CNN, here are live updates from the Kavanaugh hearing.

+ NY Mag is trying to keep up a list of the most intense moments from the hearings so far.

+ And about all those documents the Democrats were demanding to see ahead of the hearings. Well, they got 42,000 pages of them. But not until a few hours before the hearings kicked off.