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 1, 2014
On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz, responding to a viewer question, says that "hateful rhetoric" by Republicans puts President Obama and his family "in danger."
MarkF | October 1, 2014
Things get tense among Morning Joe panelists over the question of whether Secret Service Director Julia Pierson was an affirmative action hire.  By the end, Willie Geist is left rolling his eyes and looking off the set in frustration at Mika Brzezinski.
MarkF | October 1, 2014
Things get tense among Morning Joe panelists over the question of whether Secret Service Director Julia Pierson was an affirmative action hire.  By the end, Willie Geist is left rolling his eyes and looking off the set in frustration at Mika Brzezinski.
MarkF | September 29, 2014
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough condemns' the FBI's political correctness in calling the beheading of an Oklahoma woman by a fantical Muslim "workplace violence"
MarkF | September 22, 2014
On Morning Joe, Secretary of State John Kerry says that ISIS has a "radical extremist philosophy, cultish attitude," but that "it's not a religious outlook."
MarkF | September 16, 2014
On his MSNBC show, Chris Hayes dismisses concerns about terrorists infiltrating the United States across our borders as "a kind of girl talk mash-up." 
MarkF | September 16, 2014
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski perpetuates the myth of a spike in domestic violence on Super Bowl Sunday.
MarkF | September 15, 2014
On MSNBC's The Cycle, Touré condemns the censorship of graphic war photos, citing one in particular taken during the first Gulf War.  But Toure then censors the photo himself, saying "it's so graphic I can't show it to you now."
MarkF | September 15, 2014
When Mika Brzezinski suggests to New York Times reporter Alan Schwarz that sponsors should boycott the NFL over the domestic violence scandal, Schwarz asks whether NBC should therefore stop supporting the NFL by broadcasting Sunday night games.  A testy exchange with Joe Scarborough ensues, and Scarborough continues criticizing Schwarz after he has left the air.
MarkF | September 13, 2014
On MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry show, far-left guest Phyllis Bennis claims that many US soldiers aren't true volunteers but are "forced in by poverty and lack of other opportunities."