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 | April 9, 2014
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski describes a White House event on equal pay for women as being like a "church revival," saying that when President Obama spoke, "you'd hear like 'okay,' clapping, almost like 'praise Jesus.'"
MarkF | April 4, 2014
In a 12-minute segment lavishly lauding David Letterman on the occasion of his announcement of his future retirement, and twice equating his importance with that of the Beatles, the Morning Joe panel never makes mention of the liberal slant that Letterman brought to the Late Show.
MarkF | March 31, 2014
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski mentions "Meet The Press" by name eight times in one segment, in a transparent attempt to promote the failing Sunday show.
MarkF | March 27, 2014
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough grills New York Senator Chuck Schumer over whether he agrees with Harry Reid's accusation that the Kock brothers are "un-American."  Schumer tries to skate away, but eventually says that the Koch brothers "actions," in running their TV ads, are "un-American."
MarkF | March 20, 2014
Rahm Emanuel repeatedly insults Chuck Todd on the MSNBC show that the latter hosts.
MarkF | March 20, 2014
Morning Joe devotes the first hour-and-forty-three minutes of its show to speculation about MH-370.  Madeline Albright eventually comes on and suggests that the situation with Russia is the much more important story.
MarkF | March 18, 2014
In a promot for his MSNBC show, Chris Hayes says that he's there "to do politics, not talk about it."
MarkF | March 13, 2014
On Morning Joe, NBC political director Chuck Todd mocks Dem spin over their loss of the special election this week in Florida's 13th congressional district.
MarkF | March 12, 2014
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski describes how 25 years ago, the son of the President of Lebanon took her "hostage" in the south of France, taking her to porn flicks and buying her bikinis with only one piece.  She also tells Joe Scarborough that he should take her to the south of France and perhaps take her shopping.
MarkF | March 10, 2014
On Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle calls Sarah Palin a "moron," and Mika Brzezinski later calls her a "multi-million dollar moron."