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 | November 24, 2012
On the weekend edition of ABC's Good Morning America, co-host Dan Harris calls Black Friday "an orgy of capitalism."
MarkF | November 21, 2012
On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz, claiming that tax hikes are going up on the top 2%, tells John Boehner "think about it, over your turkey and stuffing.  And by the way, you can put some gravy on that--and you know the rest of the sentence."
MarkF | November 21, 2012
On Morning Joe, President Obama's Small Business Administration head, Karen Mills, when asked to state the cost per worker of Obamacare, ducks the question and winds up talking about how last year, she bought blueberry jam at a farmers market in Maine as gifts for friends.
MarkF | November 20, 2012
The Morning Joe panel criticizes the potential decision of Senate Republicans, notably John McCain and Lindsey Graham, to oppose the possible nomination of Susan Rice as Secretary of State.
MarkF | November 16, 2012
On Morning Joe, David Gregory says "to Romney's credit, Romney I know wanted massive immigration reform before he started running for president and they couldn't reach an agreement, and so he then had to go into this primary process where he had to keep moving to the right on immigration."
MarkF | November 15, 2012
On Morning Joe, adman Donny Deutsch and conservative pundit S.E. Cupp clash over the need for the Republican party to "re-brand" itself.
MarkF | November 14, 2012
On his MSNBC show, while mocking Republicans' alleged ignorance of science, Chris Matthews states that even young people watching learned in grammar school that "trees absorb carbon monoxide."  Carbon monoxide is a deadly gas, not naturally present in air.  Trees absorb carbon dioxide.
MarkF | November 13, 2012
On Morning Joe, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz claims that if women ruled Washington, they would quickly fix the fiscal cliff because women "build consensus, put aside petty differences."
MarkF | November 12, 2012
On Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough rejects the assertion that the White House didn't learn of the allegations regarding General Petraeus until after the election.  "That is not true," says Scarborough, mentioning that he had heard rumors himself about the matter weeks ago.
MarkF | November 10, 2012
On her MSNBC show, Rachel Maddow refers repeatedly to the Republican electoral "failure" and "catastrophe."