Mark Finkelstein
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Mark's undergrad degree is from Cornell. He has law degrees from SUNY Buffalo and Harvard. He practiced law in NYC, Mexico City, and Paris, before doing a stint as a pro tennis manager and tournament organizer. He returned to his college town of Ithaca, NY and got involved in real estate development and politics.

In 2011, Mark moved to Pecan Plantation, TX, and in 2018, to Oak Island, NC.

Mark's a dog lover who has used his small plane to do many dog-rescue flights. He speaks Spanish and French.
 

MarkF | May 17, 2024
On Morning Joe, in the course of a segment devoted to criticizing Justice Samuel Alito for permitting an upside-down American flag to be flown at his house, Joe Scarborough accuses Alito of having leaked the draft Dobbs opinion, which overturned Roe v. Wade.
MarkF | May 16, 2024
Morning Joe opens with a clip of Jimmy Fallon imagining Trump having to get his parole officer's permission attend a debate with Biden.
MarkF | May 16, 2024
  vrborough says that, based on his conversations with top Biden campaign aides, the campaign acts like they are holding 'four aces,' and is 'supremely confident.'
MarkF | May 15, 2024
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough accuses the New York Times of rigging polls against Biden in order to create clickbait news stories.  Scarborough also shouts down John Heilemann, who politely seeks to slightly differ.
MarkF | May 14, 2024
On CNN This Morning, host Kasie Hunt introduces mainstream, non-MAGA, Republican Scott Jennings as a "conservative columnist," and in the context of the Stormy Daniels trial, challenges him; "I'm just kind of curious. How do you feel about defending him with these allegations out there?"
MarkF | May 13, 2024
 vIn his Mother's Day remembrance, Joe Scarborough manages to work in claims that in high school, he was a mult-sport star. In baseball, an "All-Star with an high average," and in basketball, "scored 30, 35 points" per game.
MarkF | May 10, 2024
On CNN This Morning, CNN's Mark Preston highlights what he calls a "sordid" detail from Stormy Daniels' testimony that is likely to hurt Donald Trump with women voters in swing states. 
MarkF | May 9, 2024
Morning Joe mocks an NFT superhero series card of Donald Trump in a bomber jacket, ignoring the fact that both Joe Biden and Barack Obama have made public appearances in bomber jackets.
MarkF | May 8, 2024
Amid press rumors that Mika Brzezinski has gotten fed up with interruptions by Joe Scarborough, her husband and Morning Joe co-host, Scarborough interrupts her again, and Mika does not seem pleased. Scarborough recognizes that his interruption will result in an outcry via emails, etc. But just moments later, he interrupts her again.
MarkF | May 8, 2024
On Morning Joe, MSNBC legal analyst Danny Cevallos says that Stormy Daniels' testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York state court could be a major basis to appeal and overturn any possible conviction, because it was too prejudicial to Trump.