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 | October 21, 2009
Ed Schultz admits that government-controlled health care, AKA the misleadingly-named "public option," is "the first step toward single-payer."
MarkF | October 19, 2009
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski says that during her 10 years at CBS, she knew of one George W. Bush supporter.
MarkF | October 15, 2009
In a sign of just how much the debate over Rush Limbaugh's NFL bid is roiling the racial landscape, after Juan Williams explained that Rush's "Barack the Magic Negro" parody was based on a column by an African-American author, a black radio talk show host told Williams to "go back to the porch."
MarkF | October 14, 2009
On ESPN's "Rome Is Burning," Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports calls Rush Limbaugh a "racist, bigot" and claims he would never hire a black coach.
MarkF | October 13, 2009
Olbermann: Rush Spawning Beck 'Like Spreading Syphillis'
MarkF | October 13, 2009
On Hardball, riffing off the word association Rush Limbaugh did with NBC's Jamie Gangel on various politicians, Chris Matthews comes up with one of his own for Rush: "phone sex for traveling salesmen."
MarkF | October 13, 2009
Analogizing Rush Limbaugh to a James Bond villian, Chris Matthews today fantasized: "at some point somebody's going to jam a CO2 pellet into his head and he's going to explode like a giant blip.
MarkF | October 12, 2009
Reporting on the prospects of an ObamaCare bill in a Senate committee, NBC's Athena Jones tells Tamron Hall on MSNBC: "it looks like it's going to work out fine to pass."
MarkF | October 9, 2009
The White House emails Morning Joe to tell Joe Scarborough to stop being an 'a-----e' for mocking Pres. Obama's Nobel. On another front, Joe claims Rush Limbaugh's "testicles were in a blind trust" for W.
MarkF | October 8, 2009
After ripping Rush Limbaugh yesterday, Morning Joe sports reporter Fred Roggin announced today he would henceforth be keeping his mouth shut on the subject--after getting an earful from his wife.