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 | November 26, 2013
On Morning Joe, Tina Brown says the problems with Obamacare are "transient," but that President Obama's legacy will be his "smart" and "nuanced" handling of Syria and Iran.
MarkF | November 25, 2013
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough describes the nuclear deal with Iran as "bad" and "horrible" and suggests that President Obama agreed to it because he was "desperate" in the light of his poor popularity ratings.
MarkF | November 22, 2013
On Morning Joe, Zbigniew Brzezinski says he believes that Iran is, very reluctantly, willing to abandon its ambitions to acquire nuclear weapons.  He says the current negotiations have been "serious" and "substantive" and that the Iranians have been "very accomodating."
MarkF | November 21, 2013
On Morning Joe, Nicolle Wallace praises Republican governors as the party's "stars" who "can speak English."  In contrast, claims Wallace "you go to Washington and somehow Republicans are speaking another language."
MarkF | November 20, 2013
On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz claims there's "no doubt" that an African-American who committed the same misdemeanor drug possession crime as Republican congressman Trey Radel "would be facing jail time."
MarkF | November 20, 2013
After running two segments totalling over 2.5 minutes about him on Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski complains "
MarkF | November 19, 2013
When Luke Russert, subbing for Andrea Mitchell on her MSNBC show, asks Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz a tendentious question referring to the "Ted Cruz, Mike Lee rabbit hole," Chaffetz calls him on it, saying "that's a loaded question, Luke."
MarkF | November 19, 2013
On Morning Joe, Donny Deutsch says that the Obamacare failure could set back progressive government "for a generation."  Appearing later on the program, Howard Fineman says he "sort of agrees with Donny" and that Obamacare could be "a huge disaster for Democrats."
MarkF | November 18, 2013
In a conference call with supporters that was billed as "exclusive" but in fact was open to all a subdued President Obama expresses surprise that for many people, "purchasing insurance is complicated."
MarkF | November 18, 2013
The Morning Joe panel does not challenge Saudi Prince Alwaleed for his hypocrisy when he challenges the lack of democracy in Egypt under the Muslim Brotherhood's Morsi.