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 | May 2, 2012
On Morning Joe, Dan Rather emphatically alleges that he is "at peace" over the Memogate fiasco that led to the end of his career. But he can't help himself from suggesting that his reputation had been destroyed by anonymous partisans employing "lies."
MarkF | May 1, 2012
n her MSNBC show, chatting with chum and fellow Obama fan Tom Daschle about the anniversary of the killing of OBL, Andrea Mitchell says: "What do you think of the Republican criticism that we are politicizing it, that the White House, I should say, is politicizing it"?
MarkF | April 30, 2012
On his Daily Rundown show on MSNBC, Chuck Todd accuses Republicans of being surprisingly "aggressive" in criticizing President Obama's politicization of the anniversary of the killing of Bin Laden, and claims Republicans are "ovverreacting" to the president's football spike.
MarkF | April 27, 2012
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski entreats liberal guest Sam Stein to help her debunk a devastating ad by Karl Rove's 'Crossroads' group that portrays Barack Obama as a celebrity president with a failed economic record.  Stein stumbles.
MarkF | April 26, 2012
During an extended appearance on Morning Joe, no one on the panel asks Dem Montana governor Brian Schweitzer about his recent allegation that Mitt Romney would have trouble attracting women voters because "his family came from a polygamy commune in Mexico."
MarkF | April 24, 2012
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski expresses frustration with Republicans making weak endorsements of Mitt Romney, saying that whenever she meets with him she comes away "excited" because he and Ann are "good people" and a "good family."
MarkF | April 13, 2012
On his MSNBC show, Chuck Todd uses variations on the phrase "manufactured controversy" no fewer than eight times in dismissing the controversy around Rosen's "Ann Romney never worked a day in her life" remarks.
MarkF | April 12, 2012
On Ed Schultz's MSNBC show, Terry O'Neill, President of NOW, says Ann Romney, along with Mitt, lacks "life experience" and "imagination."   Dem congressman calls the Repubilcan presidential candidate Mitt "Rot-ney."
MarkF | April 12, 2012
On Morning Joe, Politico's Jim VandeHei describes President Obama's Buffett rule as "complete gimmickry" and says the Obama campaign is "insanely political."
MarkF | April 6, 2012
On Ed Schultz's MSNBC show, Dem state senator Nina Turner of Ohio calls Republican elected officials 'occupiers', and says women should 'take out' such occupiers…