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 | July 29, 2012
Appearing on this weekend's edition of the Chris Matthews show, Washington Post reporter Nia-Malika Henderson said that if Republican-friendly Super PACs and Fox News "hint at that sort of [racial] language" against President Obama, there will be a "blowback" among independents and women.
MarkF | July 25, 2012
Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough skirmishes with senior Obama adviser David Axelrod over national security leaks coming from the White House.
MarkF | July 24, 2012
On Morning Joe, commenting on his latest food prohibition, Mika Brzezinski declares her love for NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and expresses support for a third term for him, illegal under NYC's constitution.   She calls those who support a "don't tread on me" libertarianism to be "idiots."
MarkF | July 23, 2012
Subbing for Ed Schultz on his MSNBC show, Michael Eric Dyson suggests that James Holmes would have attracted the attention of the authorities earlier had he been "a Muslim, or another minority."
MarkF | July 23, 2012
On Al Sharpton's MSNBC show, Dem senate candidate Elizabeth Warren attempts to refute the charge that she is anti-business by mentioning various people she knows who started small businesses.
MarkF | July 20, 2012
On Morning Joe, Chuck Todd, discussing President Obama's "you didn't build that" remarks, says that half this country supports collectivism.
MarkF | July 17, 2012
On Al Sharpton's MSNBC show, MSNBC contributor Richard Wolffe says he "might get into trouble" for saying that President George W. Bush has done a dignifed job of staying out of the limelight since leaving office.  Earlier, Chris Matthews counsels President Obama to explain his accomplishments to the American people "as if he were talking to a two-year old."
MarkF | July 13, 2012
On Morning Joe, Donny Deutsch claims that though Michael Bloomberg is rich, he is, unlike Mitt Romney, a "man of the people."
MarkF | July 3, 2012
On Al Sharpton's MSNBC show, MSNBC analyst Richard Wolffe says that though Mitt Romney has not done anything illegal, because he invested overseas and sought to reduce his tax burden, there is a "moral question" surrounding him, similar to the questions surrounding John Edwards.  Wolffe says that Edwards affair and child out of wedlock were similarly not illegal, but were reprehensible and made…
MarkF | July 3, 2012
On Morning Joe, Katty Kay, the anchor of BBC World News America, says Europeans favor President Obama to win re-election because among other things he is "more in line with European social-democratic values."