> Please consider [Church Militant Evening News](https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/archive/evening-news) for daily hard-hitting news and analysis through an authentic Catholic lens, covering the latest developments in the Church, across the nation and around the world. > *[Church Militant](https://www.churchmilitantaction.org/) (a 501(c)4 corporation) is responsible for the content of this commentary.* If you also seek the truth, then please consider joining Church Militant today by supporting our work. Sign up for a [Church Militant Premium account](https://www.churchmilitant.com/gopremium) or simply [make a donation](https://www.churchmilitant.com/donate). And now, let's begin with today's Vortex... >> **Vote for Mike!** >> This Labor Day weekend marks the 13th anniversary of the introduction of *The Vortex*. Over those 13 years, we've produced about 3,500 episodes and, of course, the USCCB couldn't be happier about that. >> Back at the very beginning, when were known as "Real Catholic TV," not "Church Militant," a lot of what we did actually had very little to do with the bishops. We were still uninformed about how corrupt and crooked so many of them are. >> Instead, we were concentrating on the evils in the culture, especially politics. >> That year, 2008, was, of course, the Obama year. And since the child killer was being heavily promoted by every Catholic social justice group in America, we decided to start producing *The Vortex* to speak about his evil. >> [This](https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/a-look-at-the-experience-issue) was almost the very first *Vortex* episode we ever produced. So please, enjoy. Primary Video source and transcript continues here: https://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/vortex-the-way-back-machine