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 2, 2013
On Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle asks "why is it that so many reall smart college graduates, when they graduate from college, go to work for Google, or go to work for financial-services institutions.  Why don't they teach?"
MarkF | April 1, 2013
On Morning Joe, commenting on Google's decision to feature the birthday of Cesar Chavez over the celebration of Easter as its homepage doodle yesterday, Mika Brzezinski says "how about a statement one day that just says 'we screwed up'?"
MarkF | March 28, 2013
On Morning Joe, discussing the possible overturning of the Defense of Marriage Act by the Supreme Court, Jonathan Capehart refers to states rights as "a legal technicality."
MarkF | March 27, 2013
On his MSNBC show, Al Sharpon blames Glenn Beck and Michele Bachmann for the fact that protesters [chanting Monica! Monica!] pelted then Secretary of Stae Hilary Clinton's motorcade with tomatoes during his visit to Egypt last July.
MarkF | March 27, 2013
On his radio show, Rush Limbaugh repeatedly calls Toure a "young fool" for his attacks on Dr. Ben Carson as a black token exploited by Republicans.
MarkF | March 27, 2013
On Morning Joe, "Time" editor Rana Foroohar says she has "a little bias" for the European, socialized-medicine system over that in the United States.
MarkF | March 26, 2013
On Al Sharpton's MSNBC show, Jimmy Williams, an MSNBC contributor who describes himself as a "certified, organic homosexual," taking issue with Justice Antonin Scalia wondering whether if states can't ban gay marriage they can ban bestiality, declares "I have a dog, but I've never had sex with my dog."
MarkF | March 26, 2013
On Morning Joe, after Mark Halperin mentions that he has "great respect" for Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, Mike Barnicle asks why he has great respect for him.  After Halperin explains, Barnicle responds with a skeptical "okay."   Republican strategist Nicolle Wallace weighs in ambiguously.
MarkF | March 25, 2013
Al Sharpton opens his MSNBC show by praising President Obama's efforts to enact tougher gun control laws.  But an ad appears during the show for Henry Repeating Rifles, a manufacturer which describes one of the rifles it manufactures as "big, brutal and beautiful." Henry emphasizes that another, the AR-7 which is based on a military rilfe, permits owners to"carry a large quantity of ammunition."
MarkF | March 25, 2013
On Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle and Al Sharpton agree that anti-Semitism explains the opposition to Mike Bloomberg in his gun control campaign.