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 | June 9, 2012
On Good Morning America, ABC News's Pierre Thomas never hints that the Obama administration was itself being accused of being the source of national security leaks.  To the contrary, Thomas frames the issue this way: "freedom of the press and the public's right to know is now on collision course with the government's desire to protect national security secrets."  Translation: the Obama admin…
MarkF | June 6, 2012
To comment on the resounding Republican victory of Scott Walker in the Wisconsin recall, Morning Joe assembled a lefty panel and excluded any Republicans until the second hour, when Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell was finally allowed to put in an appearance.
MarkF | June 5, 2012
On Morning Joe, commenting on President Obama's decision not to campaign in Wisconsin for Tom Barrett, the Democrat seeking to unseat Scott Walker in the gubernatorial recall election, calls Obama "aloof" and not "lovable."
MarkF | May 31, 2012
A "Lean Forward" promo for Ed Schultz's MSNBC show promotes a Get Out The Vote campaign to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.
MarkF | May 27, 2012
In a Memorial Day edition of his MSNBC show, Chris Hayes says he is uncomfortable calling fallen members of the American military "heroes" because it is "rhetorically proximate to justifications for more war."
MarkF | May 25, 2012
On Morning Joe, Politico's Mike Allen says that recent bad jobs numbers are beyond President Obama's control.
MarkF | May 23, 2012
On his MSNBC show, Al Sharpton suggests that Mitt Romney's pushback against the attacks on Bain Capital somehow amounts to birtherism.
MarkF | May 23, 2012
On 'Morning Joe,' Patrick Gavin of Politico and MSNBC's Willie Geist claim that President Obama's embarrassing results in the Arkansas and Kentucky Dem primaries don't matter. 
MarkF | May 20, 2012
On the MSNBC show "Up With Chris Hayes", former Obama economist Betsey Stevenson says Ann Romney, along with Mitt, comes across "as really having no empathy for people."
MarkF | May 13, 2012
On Chris Hayes's "Up With Chris Hayes" on MSNBC, feminist author Michelle Goldberg calls Ann Romney "insufferable" and a phrase in her Mother's Day op-ed "creepy."