#Christopher Phillips

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Philosopher and presidential Green Party candidate Cornel West currently owes more than half a million dollars between unpaid taxes and unpaid child support, according to tax records.

Records show West owes nearly $466,000 in federal income taxes from 2013 until 2017. This came after he accrued (and later repaid) a debt of nearly $725,000 from 1998-2005, and more than $34,000 in 2008, according to tax records in Mercer County, New Jersey – where he owns a home.

Additionally, West has an outstanding $49,500 child support judgement from 2003, records show.

The debts were first reported by The Daily Beast.

The tax debts have not been paid off as of 30 days ago – the last available data, according to Mercer County records. ABC News reached out to West and his campaign to see if West had plans to pay off the debt or set up a payment plan; they have not returned those requests for comment.

The outstanding child support payment is owed to Aytul Gurtas, his former partner and mother of one of his children. ABC News was unable to reach Gurtas for comment.

While it's not clear how long West didn't pay child support, New Jersey family lawyer Kathleen Stockton said that the amount of money appears substantial. The average U.S. child support obligation is about $5,800 per year, according to census data, making West's nearly $50,000 more than eight times that.

Stockton noted that it is possible West paid Gurtas and didn't register it with the court – though West has given no indication of that.

When the question of his debts was brought up on The Breakfast Club radio morning show last week, West told the radio show host "Charlamagne the God" that they were being used as a "distraction" from his presidential campaign, which has focused on ending poverty, mass incarceration and environmental degradation.

"Any time you shine a flashlight under somebody's clothes, you're gonna find all kind of mess, because that's what it is to be human," West said.

Earlier on the show, West mentioned he was "broke as the Ten Commandments financially, personally, collectively."

West's debts are personal, not related to the campaign, so they may not directly bear on the finances of his candidacy. Still, personal finance issues have been known to interfere with campaigns: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's sometimes imprudent management of his own finances were scrutinized during his 2016 campaign for president, and then-Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's personal debt seemed to undermine his message of fiscal hawkishness.

According to West's financial disclosure filed with the Federal Election Commission in August 2023, he currently makes at least $200,000 annually. That includes his professorship at the Union Theological Seminary, where his annual income falls upward of $100,000; his speaking engagements, where he makes at least another $100,000; and his retirement fund, which earns him somewhere between $5,000 and $15,000 annually. His spouse, a professor, makes at least $50,000 per year.

Kedric Payne, an ethics lawyer with the Campaign Legal Center, said in an email to ABC News that the U.S. Office of Government Ethics advises candidates to disclose debts the size of West's.

"The federal disclosure law requires candidates for president to report liabilities owed over $10,000. Child support is excluded, but OGE advises that overdue taxes are reportable. If West in fact owes taxes, voters have a right to know why this isn't disclosed," Payne wrote.

West's associate, author Christopher Phillips described West as "authentic" and someone who hasn't hesitated to spend his own money to help others.

Phillips, who said he has known West for eight years, said that when he first met West over the phone, the scholar volunteered to lecture and spend time with his students at the University of Pennsylvania, where Phillips was a writing fellow.

"He said he could come down on his own nickel, and he spent the entire day breaking philosophical bread with my students … just because he likes what I do," Phillips said.

The campaign did not respond to ABC News' multiple requests for comment.

#us politics #news #abc news #green party #Cornel West #third party #2023 #2024 elections #unpaid taxes #unpaid child support #Aytul Gurtas #Kathleen Stockton #The Breakfast Club #Charlamagne the God #Federal Election Commission #Kedric Payne #Campaign Legal Center #U.S. Office of Government Ethics #financial disclosure #Christopher Phillips

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Faith of Our Fathers by Christopher Phillips | Runtime: 4mins 35secs

#Faith of Our Fathers #Christopher Phillips #Christian hymn #Youtube #video

[shuicoke]

#south park #herbert pocket #gregory of yardale #pip pirrup #phillip pip pirrup #ze mole #christophe delorne #gregstophe #sp gregory #hell park #estella havisham #thomas lacey #hellpark #hellpark thomas #tweek tweak

[nkhluu]

Hell Tales

i'm not okay

#south park #hellpark #phillip pirrup #pip pirrup #sp #hp #estella havisham #gregory of yardale #hellpark leslie meyers #leslie meyers hp #leslie meyers #hp gregory #gregory iii #herbert pocket hellpark #herbert pocket sp #tweek tweak #tweek hellpark #herbert pocket #daisy's christopher yo #ducktales #hellpark thomas #thomas sp #thomas lacey #sp estella #sp pocket #sp pip pirrup #sp pip #hellpark terrance #hp terrance #sp terrance

[mxviko]

Day 5: Them as Canadians/ Them meeting Terrance and Phillip

Holds like feral cat. He died trying to save them, he should get more respect >:(. Also I’m noting I keep drawing Gregory like with a :> face and I don’t know why..help him

@gregstopheweek2024

#I hate lineart agggggeeeeeeeee #south park #gregstopheweek2024 #gregory x christophe #gregstophe #south park gregory #gregory of yardale #gregory sp #sp gregstophe #ze mole #christophe delorne #south park christophe #sp mole #sp christophe #terrance and phillip #sp Terrance #sp Phillip #v art #south park fanart #my art #digital art #sp fanart #southpark #south park bigger longer and uncut

[acnellie]

#gregory of yardale #south park #gregstophe #christophe delorne #au #herbert pocket #phillip pirrup #estella havisham

[pocketslook]

FINALLY

GOD FUCKING DAMNIT I NEED TO STOP MAKING HUGE DRAWINGS

#gregstophe #southpark #southparkfanart #artists on tumblr #doodles #fanart #gregory of yardale #christophe delorne #terrance and phillip

[switcheroo-stick]

Screenshot edits I have done with the foreign kids!

They’re really fun to make!

Original screenshots under the cut!

#sp pip #sp gregory #sp christophe #sp foreign kids #damien south park #south park #gregory south park #pip pirrup #pip south park #damien thorn #south park damien #christophe delorne #gregory of yardale #phillip pirrup #christophe south park

[texaschainsawmascara]

what I mean when I say I like big boys

#roman reigns #peter steele #alex terrible #joel kinnaman #jason momoa #christopher meloni #wwe #type o negative #slaughter to prevail #suicide squad #the suicide squad #phillip kopus #the red road #chris keller #oz #law and order svu #law & order svu #law and order special victims unit #law & order special victims unit

[fav-fanfics]

Evan Buckley is 18 when he learns about an older brother he never knew, and the lengths to which his parents went to try and save him. What they were willing to risk. What they were willing to trade. He's 18 when he learns that he he only has twelve years left before the deal his parents made to try and save his brother--the deal that cursed him, the deal that didn't even work--comes to its conclusion, and the magic that has always flowed through him so much more strongly than it should is drained by the Fae that his parents sought out.

Evan Buckley is 18 when he learns that in twelve years he is going to die.

Now, he has only two goals: do some good with the time he has left, and minimize the damage his death will do to the people he cares about.

He thinks he's doing an okay job--until Eddie Diaz joins the 118. Buck knows the walls he's put up aren't the strongest, but he wasn't counting on a werewolf and his adorable son to just blow them to smithereens. But it doesn't matter how he feels about Eddie. The Changeling Child curse is impossible to break.

Isn't it?

#evan buckley #the 118 #this fic is heart wrenching #eddie diaz #christopher diaz #911fic #911 abc #911 fox #maddie buckley #margaret buckley #phillip buckley #bobby nash

[howardhughes]

Identities.

1-2 Fight Club (1999)

3. American psycho (2000)

4. Superbad (2007)

5. The Dark Knight (2008)

6. Joker (2019)

#brad pitt #edward norton #helena bonham carter #david fincher #fight club #christian bale #american psycho #mary harron #superbad #mclovin #christopher mintz plasse #heath ledger #the dark knight #christopher nolan #jesse eisenberg #the social network #joaquin phoenix #joker #todd phillips

[campsunshinevalley]

omg christophe are you and damien friends also which camp do you belong in

ZE-MOLE: more like acquaintancez, hez only here because he could be proven useful to me with hiz fire

DAMIEN: I am right here you know >:(

ZE-MOLE: acknowledged and don't give 2 sheetz.

ZE-MOLE: and i don't belong to any camp. Mother juzt wanted to be rid of me for a while, knowing her she'd rather I didn't come out of ze womb at all

ZE-MOLE: I'd bite godz fingerz off before I-AGH-

DAMIEN: Camp Redwood, the summer camp for problematic children, little arsonists, fat kids and emos

ZE-MOLE: mother fucker!

DAMIEN: silence peasant.

DAMIEN: we should be asleep right now but Christophe wanted to go rescue his "prince charming"

DAMIEN: and i had nothing better to do so I followed along

ZE-MOLE: ze plan iz zimple

DAMIEN: dammit not again-

ZE-MOLE: we go to ze borderz of Camp Bimbo and Damien burnz down ze bushez around ze area zo I don't need to dig around it.

DAMIEN: lazy ass-

ZE-MOLE: zen we go to ze cabin where zey have Gregory imprizoned and break him out.

ZE-MOLE: zen we sneak pazt zat dumb gay azz Counzellor, steal ze emoz car from zunshine valley and get ze fuck out of here.

ZE-MOLE: zere are juzt 2 more people we need incaze zis plan goez to utter sheet.

DAMIEN: what are you doing? Won't that make a noise?

ZE-MOLE: zats ze plan.

DAMIEN: there are so many other things I could be doing right now

DAMIEN: if we get caught or worse I'm telling my dad on you >:(

ZE-MOLE: I'd rather reazon with ze devil zan converze with ze unreazonable hand of injuztice god holdz.

#ask blog #southpark #southpark art #southpark ask #south park #south park ask blog #sp art #southpark au #southpark oc #ze mole #christophe delorne #damien thorn #gregory of yardale #sp gregory #sp gregstophe #pip pirrup #phillip pirrup #phillip pip pirrup #thomas south park #askawaycamper:)

[80smovies]

#Young Guns #The Running Man #Platoon #Arnold Schwarzenegger #Oliver Stone #Paul Michael Glaser #Steven E. de Souza #Richard Bachman #Willem Dafoe #Christopher Cain #John Fusco #Emilio Estevez #Kiefer Sutherland #Lou Diamond Phillips #Charlie Sheen #Dermot Mulroney #Casey Siemaszko #80s

[chernobog13]

I was hoping we'd see more adventures with these guys on this Enterprise.

#Star Trek #Star Trek: The Original Series #The Cage #Dr. Phillip Boyce #Captain Christopher Pike #Mr. Spock #Lieutenant José Tyler #Number One

[thevindicativevordan]

Who writes a better Metallo, PKJ or Priest?

Right now I have to give it to PKJ simply because he cracked Metallo’s basic concept for me, and had more issues featuring Metallo, but Priest definitely *gets* Metallo.

I talked before about how I would structure Metallo’s arc, and for the first Act I wanted to see Metallo used as a WMD by the military. Priest deploys him for that exact purpose here and it’s both awesome and terrifying. He’s like Dr. Manhattan in Vietnam, towering over everyone, he goes in and wipes out a Chinese naval battle group like it’s nothing. And the resentment he expresses towards Clark over how Metallo’s lost everything while Clark still has his loved ones even after experiencing his own traumatic event? Extremely into that fueling the vendetta between the two. Even better that Superman can’t help sympathizing with him and wanting to reach out to Corben despite the low odds of Metallo turning a new leaf.

Makes me sad that we didn’t get more of Priest exploring the other Rogues, he has good takes on two of them in Lex and Metallo thus far! Need DC to give him more Superman work in the future.

#superman #metallo #christopher priest #phillip kennedy johnson #rogues gallery

[acnellie]

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#gregory of yardale #south park #christophe delorne #au #herbert pocket #hellpark #estella havisham #gary harrison #phillip pirrup #stangory #stan marsh #gregory bellarose