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 | February 3, 2012
On Al Sharpton's MSNBC show, Professor Melissa Harris-Perry, soon to host her own MSNBC show, uses a combination of euphemisms to describe abortion.
MarkF | February 1, 2012
In an MSNBC "Lean Forward" promo, Ed Schultz says those "standing up to the president" are "bullies."
MarkF | January 26, 2012
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough and Howard Dean have a heated exchange on the issue of education reform, with Dean defending teachers unions and Democrats and Scarborough accusing them of thwarting education reform on every occasion.  At one point, after Dean says he needs to take Scarborough on a tour of America's schools, Scarborough says "I do not need lectures from you on education reform."
MarkF | January 25, 2012
On Ed Schultz's MSNBC show, former Dem congressman from Florida claims that Newt Gingrich is running "the most overtly racist campaign" since George Wallace.
MarkF | January 25, 2012
In an MSNBC promo for his show, Al Sharpton says tax cuts for the rich are unacceptable, just as forcing blacks to the back of the bus and denying women the vote were acceptable until people started protesting.
MarkF | January 24, 2012
On Morning Joe, responding to New York magazine reporter John Heiiemann's question as to why he didn't correct a town hall questioner who called President Obama an avowed Muslim who is legally unqualified to be president, Rick Santorum says "it's your responsibility to defend the president, not mine."  Santorum also emphatically says he is nothing like John McCain when Heilemann mentions that as…
MarkF | January 23, 2012
On Morning Joe, former Dem congressman Harold Ford, Jr. claims Republicans are wrong to believe that President Obama enjoys great favor from the media.
MarkF | January 22, 2012
On "Up With Chris Hayes" on MSNBC, David Stockman claims that "American exceptionalism" is "neo-con code" for an aggressive foreign policy.
MarkF | January 21, 2012
On the afternoon of the South Carolina primary, Martin Bashir opens his MSNBC show by superimposing the Republican candidates in front of an image of a Confederate flag, with the inscription "Rebel Yell."
MarkF | January 20, 2012
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says he's been speaking with powerful conservatives in recent times and every one tells him they want a brokered convention.