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 | September 16, 2010
Ed Schultz calls for David Axelrod to be thrown overboard for being too "soft" and replaced with James Carville and Paul Begala.
MarkF | September 16, 2010
On Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle says that Christine O'Donnell's problem is that she's not merely "different," she's "crazy."
MarkF | September 15, 2010
Joe Scarborough says "I blame Sarah Palin" for Christine O'Donnell's victory in Delaware and for, in his view, costing Republicans the Senate seat and perhaps the majority in the Senate.
MarkF | September 14, 2010
after Fox News had called the Delaware GOP senatorial primary for Christine O'Donnell tonight, Karl Rove continued to rip the winner, questioning everything from O'Donnell's "rectitude" to her "character." Concluded the pessimistic Rove: "this is not a race we're going to be able to win."
MarkF | September 13, 2010
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough labels as "crazy people" bloggers objecting to Mika Brzezinski having cut off Pastor Terry Jones without giving him a chance to speak when he appeared on the show last week.
MarkF | September 12, 2010
On a This Week panel on the state of Islam in America, moderator Christiane Amanpour says that opponents of the Ground Zero Mosque claim that al Qaeda is behind it.
MarkF | September 10, 2010
On The Ed Show, radio host and Hunter College prof Karen Hunter says she "wouldn't be surprised at all" if the "fingerprints" of Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich were "all over" Pastor Terry Jones' plan to burn Korans.
MarkF | September 10, 2010
On Morning Joe, Pat Buchanan and Donny Deutsch advocate the arrest of Pastor Terry Jones to prevent his possible burning of Korans and the danger to US troops such act would threaten. Mika Brzezinski, Dan Senor and John Heilemann, oppose the arrest-the-pastor proposal on First Amendment grounds.
MarkF | September 9, 2010
On Morning Joe, Larry O'Donnell lambastes AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka for spending time on the concerns of NFL football players.
MarkF | September 7, 2010
On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz four times mispronounces Fox News host Ed Doocy's last name as "Douche-y."