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 | March 29, 2012
On The Daily Rundown, Chuck Todd's MSNBC show, NBC congressional correspondent Luke Russert decries the defeat in the House of the Simpson-Bowles plan.
MarkF | March 28, 2012
On Morning Joe, Tina Brown says Rick Santorum is "like Judas Iscariot" for now saying he regrets having supported Arlen Specter in his 1996 presidential bid.
MarkF | March 21, 2012
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough calls George Zimmerman, the reported shooter of Trayvon Martin, a "murderer" and later describes Zimmerman as having "murdered" Martin.
MarkF | March 20, 2012
On Morning Joe, as Mika Brzezinski reads a David Brooks op-ed about the shootings of civilians in Afghanistan in which Brooks spoke of "monstrous acts that shock the soul," the screen cuts for an extended time to photos of Republican Paul Ryan.
MarkF | March 19, 2012
On Morning Joe, presidential candidate Rick Santorum has a testy exchange with Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough in which Santorum accuses Scarborough of, like much of the media, trying to "pigeonhole" him on the issue of contraception and religious freedom.
MarkF | March 14, 2012
On MSNBC's "Ed Show," Howard Dean says it's conceivable that in a presidential race about Barack Obama, Mitt Romney could carry fewer states than Barry Goldwater did in 1964.
MarkF | March 9, 2012
On Morning Joe, Al Sharpton says of Alabama: "it's against the law to organize unions here."
MarkF | March 9, 2012
On Morning Joe, Mark Halperin, while claiming "it's not a partisan thing," says that "Romney's campaign has the worst relationship with the media of any major candidate I've covered."
MarkF | March 7, 2012
On Morning Joe, Tom Brokaw calls George H.W. Bush 'the most under-rated modern president of our time."
MarkF | February 29, 2012
Michael Steele appears to be dozing when camera cuts to him on Morning Joe.