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 | March 19, 2013
On MSNBC, Jim Miklaszewski reports that a Marine official has accused Harry Reid of political posturing "on the backs of dead Marines" for suggesting that because of the sequester Marines are at risk of more incidents such as the training incident yesterday that claimed the lives of seven Marines.
MarkF | March 19, 2013
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski speculates that Rob Portman's support for gay marriage cost him selection as Mitt Romney's running mate.
MarkF | March 13, 2013
On Morning Joe, when Harold Ford, Jr. resorts to his schmoozing ways, finding good things to say about a trio of differing politicians, Joe Scarborough asks him whether there is "anybody that you don't like and respect?"  Ford responds by saying he's a Christian who sees the good in everything.  Scarborough and Willie Geist rib Ford about a campaign ad he ran in Tennessee showing himself in a…
MarkF | March 12, 2013
On Morning Joe, 'Fortune' editor Leigh Gallagher, expressing support for NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ban on big soft drinks, says "sometimes you have to do not what people want you to do.  You have to take people by the hand and lead them."
MarkF | March 8, 2013
On Morning Joe, Harold Ford, Jr. after observing that those who hang out with terrorists put themselves in peril, proclaimed "I don't dine, socialize or spend time with people who are on a terrorist list around the globe."   Willie Geist teases him about his statement, closing the segment by saying "more of Harold's series, 'Dining With Enemy Combatants,' later."
MarkF | March 7, 2013
Joe Scarborough says, "this is liberal on liberal on liberal violence. I love watching it."   He was referring to the intra-squad liberal dogfight between Richard Wolffe and Sam Stein, spurred by Rand Paul's filibuster, that broke out on Morning Joe today over the use of drones by the U.S. government.
MarkF | March 6, 2013
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski says that that at a place where she used to work, "any woman who did anything or got to the top immediately had something revealed to the press or online or whatever that would bring them down. And I suggest that some might even argue that it's women doing that."
MarkF | March 4, 2013
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski says she's "angry" over George Stephanopoulos having invited Dennis Rodman on "This Week" to discuss his visit to North Korea and meeting with its leader Kim Jong Un.
MarkF | March 2, 2013
On 'Up With Chris Hayes',  Yale law professor Akhil Reed Amar defends Hayes's failure to have any criticis of the Voting Rights Act on the show.  Amar says he's unaware of any "leading academics" that are critics of the law.
MarkF | March 1, 2013
On Morning Joe, David Axelrod sarcastically asks "what is Gene Sperling going to do to Bob Woodward?  Bob Woodward, who faced down H.R. Haldeman as a young man, feels intimidated by Gene Sperling?"