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 2, 2013
On her MSNBC show, Melissa Harris-Perry attempts to explain away President Obama's oft-repeated Obamacare lie that "if you like your plan, you can keep it," MHP claims that the Obama assumed people wouldn't like their old plans!
MarkF | November 1, 2013
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough suggests that Hillary Clinton's mishandling of Benghazi is a significant electoral vulnerability for her.  When he alludes to Hillary's infamous "what difference does it make?" line, Nicolle Wallace comes to Clinton's defense, saying "I don't think she meant it that way." 
MarkF | October 31, 2013
An MSNBC ad for its new website features Wendy David, Dem candidate for Texas governor.
MarkF | October 30, 2013
On Morning Joe, presidential historian Jon Meacham analogizes the Obamacare fiasco to  the Reagan-era classification of ketchup as a vegetable.
MarkF | October 23, 2013
On Morning Joe, Willie Geist says that in an interview the night before the co-founder of a "very, very major' social media site told him that the criticism of the Obama administration over its Obamacare website is fair, and that the "frankly, the government's technology sucks."
MarkF | October 22, 2013
On Morning Joe, Henry Louis Gates questions the need for affirmative action for affluent African-Americans, saying instead such programs should seek to help poor people, regardless of race.
MarkF | October 21, 2013
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says that in an off-the-record briefing, Obama White House officials were "extraordinarily confident" about the rollout of Obamacare, and displayed a site that looked "great" and was"very user friendly" and "very simple."
MarkF | October 19, 2013
On Steve Kornacki's MSNBC show, Dem Congressman Steve Cohen of Tennessee calls Tea Party congressmen "domestic enemies" that representatives took an oath to defend the country against.
MarkF | October 18, 2013
On Morning Joe, Melody Barnes, former Director President Obama's Domestic Policy Counci, warns Americans to "back off" their opposition to Obamacare.
MarkF | October 16, 2013
On Morning Joe, David Axelrod says of Republicans that "structurally, they're set up OK for 2014."