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 | October 24, 2014
On Morning Joe, Republican congressman Peter King says that the smearing of the police by the New York Times helps to inspire lone wolf jihadists like the axe attacker in NYC.
MarkF | October 24, 2014
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski declares herself "disturbed" by a video showing a purse-snatcher on a bus getting stuck in the door, subdued by the driver with a bat, then led away by the police when the bus stops.  Joe Scarborough explains to Mika that the clip was enjoyable because "justice was served."
MarkF | October 23, 2014
On her MSNBC show, Alex Wagner asks "how distressing" is it that some are viewing the assault by a Muslim convert on the Canadian Parliament as a "terrorist act." 
MarkF | October 23, 2014
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough argues that the way that Hillary Clinton helped orchestrate the destruction of Bill's many women will be relevant when as a presidential candidate she raises the "war on women."  Huffpo's Sam Stein says Hillary was merely dealing with a "personal family matter" and MSNBC's Thomas Roberts defends Hillary saying she was simply a "spouse" and not on a government…
MarkF | October 22, 2014
On Morning Joe, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, under repeated questioning from Joe Scarborough, refuses to say whether voting for Dem candidates means a continuation of the policies of President Obama.
MarkF | October 21, 2014
On Morning Joe, Chuck Todd says the race for the congressional seat currently represented by Republican Michael Grimm is a "fight between mob families."  Mika Brzezinsk tells him "I think you might have made another ad," a reference to his statement two weeks ago that by refusing to say whether she voted for Barack Obama, Kentucky Dem Alison Lundergan Grimes "disqualified herself."   The…
MarkF | October 20, 2014
On Morning Joe, Tina Brown, explaining Republicans' surprisingly strong support among women voters, says "they had their rabies shots."  She explains that by this she means they have avoided gaffes of the "legitimate rape" sort that doomed GOP candidates in previous cycles.
MarkF | October 20, 2014
On Morning Joe, Columbia prof and MSNBC contributor Dorian Warren says he would be "happy to call my friends in Vegas" to bet that "history will be very, very good to Barack Obama."
MarkF | October 19, 2014
On Fox News Sunday, when DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz says voters will decide based on who has their back, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus shoots back ""the President hasn't had anybody's back: not even your back,"  in a reference to the Politco story "Democrats turn on Debbie Wasserman Schultz" reporting on the icy relations between DWS and the President Obama.
MarkF | October 18, 2014
On Good Morning America, anchors Dan Harris and Paula Faris accuse some Americans of "hysteria" over Ebola.  Faris and Harris claim a travel ban won't work because the disease isn't airborne.  They ignore the fact that Thomas Eric Duncan did not have symptoms when he flew into the US, and subsequently infected at least two people before dying.  Thus only a general travel ban on people from Ebola-…