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 | April 21, 2015
On MSNBC, trying to defend Hillary Clinton against the charges contained in Clinton Cash, MSNBC contributor Dorian Warren says it's possible that Bill Clinton was running "serious game" on foreigners that were funneling money to him on the assumption that it would influence HIllary as Secretary of State, taking their money but never mentioning it to Hillary. 
MarkF | April 19, 2015
On Face the Nation, when Bob Schieffer wonders why the Democrats have only fielded one presidential candidate, Dana Milbank suggests to Schieffer that he should run. 
MarkF | April 18, 2015
MSNBC political correspondent Kasie Hunt praises Marco Rubio's performance at a New Hampshire Republican candidate summit.. 
MarkF | April 17, 2015
On Morning Joe rather than discussing the implications of Hillary Clinton kicking off her campaign by handpicking the "everyday Americans" she spoke with at her first event in Iowa, Howard Dean disses the Daily Mail, the source of the story. Scoffs Dean: "it's the Daily Mail.  Why would you believe this?"  He also says it's possible that the Daily Mail "made up" the story.
MarkF | April 16, 2015
On Morning Joe, Mary Anne Weaver, author of a New York Times articles on the proliferation of British muslims becoming jihadists, largely blames the West, saying there Muslims must be made to feel like they are part of British society, criticizing a British law cracking down on British muslims joining ISIS or other terrorist groups, and saying that Muslims feel they are "under attack" by "…
MarkF | April 15, 2015
This was ugly.  On his MSNBC show, Chris Matthews criticizes Jeb Bush, who will be speaking at Liberty University, for "stooping" to "that evangelical crowd"  
MarkF | April 14, 2015
On the Ed Show, former Colin Powell chief of staff Lawrence Wilkerson, criticizing senators who oppose President Obama's Iran deal, says "guys like Chuck Schumer, whom I'd like to -- I won't say what I'd like to do to Chuck."
MarkF | April 14, 2015
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski says of Marco Rubio "that's a little boy" compared to Hillary Clinton.
MarkF | April 13, 2015
We conservatives have countless beefs with Chris Matthews.  But let's give the guy his due: in contrast with the younger generation of liberals inhabiting MSNBC, the American left at large--and the Oval Office--Matthews is more of an old-school Cold Warrior, and, dare I say it, patriot. And so it was that on Hardball, Matthews flatly declared "I hate" the Castro regime. 
MarkF | April 13, 2015
On Morning Joe, as she says goodbye and thanks RNC Chairman Reince Priebus for his appearabce, Mika Brzezinski makes faces indicating her disapproval of his comments.