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 | July 9, 2014
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski gets choked up and asks for time to compose herself before introducing a segment on Sarah Palin's call to impeach President Obama.
MarkF | July 9, 2014
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski gets choked up and asks for time to compose herself before introducing a segment on Sarah Palin's call to impeach President Obama.
MarkF | July 9, 2014
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski gets choked up and asks for time to compose herself before introducing a segment on Sarah Palin's call to impeach President Obama.
MarkF | July 4, 2014
Good Morning America features 'Talk Dirty' rapper Jason Derulo to celebrate Indpendence Day.
MarkF | June 30, 2014
On Morning Joe, discussing Hobby Lobby's objection on religious grounds to paying for abortion-causing contraceptives for its employees, Eugene Robinson speaks of segregationists who cited the Bible in support of their views.  Robinson allowes that the Hobby Lobby case "is perhaps a bit different." Donny Deutsch, after announcing that he was "far from a conservative," nevertheless goes  on to…
MarkF | June 23, 2014
On Morning Joe, commenting on Mika Brzezinski's interview with President Obama, Donny Deutsch says Obama seems "checked out" and wanting "to go home." Mark Halperin says Republicans resonate when they say Obama is not "taking control," and that instead of analyzing why various problems are "hard," he needs to take action to address them.
MarkF | June 23, 2014
n Morning Joe, commenting on Mika Brzezinski's interview with President Obama, Donny Deutsch says Obama seems "checked out" and wanting "to go home." Mark Halperin says Republicans resonate when they say Obama is not "taking control," and that instead of analyzing why various problems are "hard," he needs to take action to address them.
MarkF | June 23, 2014
On Morning Joe, commenting on Mika Brzezinski's interview with President Obama, Donny Deutsch says Obama seems "checked out" and wanting "to go home." Mark Halperin says Republicans resonate when they say Obama is not "taking control," and that instead of analyzing why various problems are "hard," he needs to take action to address them.
MarkF | June 19, 2014
On Morning Joe, two days after Rachel Maddow condemned TV shows that give air time to original Iraq war hawks like Paul Bremer [something Morning Joe had done], Joe Scarborough says: "I don't know why some people are so intellectually weak that they're afraid to actually listen."  Adds Scarborough: if people "wanted to watch people just saying what they--what everybody else in a little circle…
MarkF | June 17, 2014
On Morning Joe, John Heilemann clashes with Bill Kristol over Iraq policy, with Heilemann calling Kristol's call for intervention "absurd."