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 | February 17, 2014
>> More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog <<On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski calls Republicans who raise Monica Lewinsky in the context of a possible presidential run by Hillary misogynstic, sexist "little peanuts."
MarkF | February 14, 2014
On Morning Joe, based on the most recent enrollment numbers, Katty Kay says: it's "amazing how quickly we are starting to see the obamacare story change its tone."
MarkF | February 11, 2014
On Morning Joe, Andrea Mitchell claims that revelations about Hillary Clinton in the papers of Hillary friend Diane Blair have been "taken out of context."  Mitchell also promotes Hillary's defense of the Lewinsky affair on the grounds Bill was under "stress."
MarkF | February 10, 2014
On Morning Joe, after former Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs asks "how many times can [Christie] play the card of 'I had no idea this was going on in my own office," Joe Scarborough responds: "Robert, it's getting to the point he is starting to sound like Barack Obama."
MarkF | February 6, 2014
On Morning Joe, Bill Kristol includes Joe Scarborough in his list of nine people he predicts will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.  Kristol says Scarborough will fill the "Huntsman lane," and represent "Morning Joe conservatism."
MarkF | February 5, 2014
On Morning Joe, challenged to describe a 30-second ad responding to a hypothetical ad making the case against Obamacare in light of the CBO's findings that it will cost the American economy millions of jobs, Sam Stein says:  "The 30-second response: please change the subject to something else.  What do you want me to say?"
MarkF | February 4, 2014
Discussing the 2016 race, the Morning Joe panel suggests that the major problem facing Hillary Clinton is her air of "inevitability," whereas Chuck Todd asserts without challenge that Chris Christie's candidacy is "over" and that he doesn't "belong in the conversation."
MarkF | February 3, 2014
On Morning Joe, after Chuck Todd says it is "very likely" David Wildstein told Chris Christie, at a September 11 event, of what he had done regarding the lane closures, Joe Scarborough accuses Todd of "wild speculation."
MarkF | January 31, 2014
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski seems befuddled by notion that laws increasing the cost of hiring encourages employers to automate.
MarkF | January 30, 2014
In its segment on Chris Christie, 'Morning Joe' displays a 'Govfather' logo, based on the famous logo from 'The Godfather' movie.