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 7, 2014
A schoolboy squabble breaks out on Morning Joe when Joe Scarborough seeks to interrupt Chris Matthews' extended exposition on US Senate races.
MarkF | October 7, 2014
A schoolboy squabble breaks out on Morning Joe when Joe Scarborough seeks to interrupt Chris Matthews' extended exposition on US Senate races.
MarkF | October 6, 2014
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough asks NBC reporter Ayman Mohyeldin which extremism poses the greatest threat to civilization: Christian, Jewish or Muslim, Moyheldin doesn't directly answer, citing instead the Crusades.
MarkF | October 2, 2014
On Morning Joe, Republican Rep. Matt Salmon predicts that President Obama will send American ground troops into Syria sometime after the November election.  When Andrea Mitchell asks if he believes that despite the president's promises, Salmon says: "he also promised that if you like your insurance, you can keep it."  Mitchell openly joins in the ensuing laughter.
MarkF | October 1, 2014
On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz, responding to a viewer question, says that "hateful rhetoric" by Republicans puts President Obama and his family "in danger."
MarkF | October 1, 2014
Things get tense among Morning Joe panelists over the question of whether Secret Service Director Julia Pierson was an affirmative action hire.  By the end, Willie Geist is left rolling his eyes and looking off the set in frustration at Mika Brzezinski.
MarkF | October 1, 2014
Things get tense among Morning Joe panelists over the question of whether Secret Service Director Julia Pierson was an affirmative action hire.  By the end, Willie Geist is left rolling his eyes and looking off the set in frustration at Mika Brzezinski.
MarkF | September 29, 2014
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough condemns' the FBI's political correctness in calling the beheading of an Oklahoma woman by a fantical Muslim "workplace violence"
MarkF | September 22, 2014
On Morning Joe, Secretary of State John Kerry says that ISIS has a "radical extremist philosophy, cultish attitude," but that "it's not a religious outlook."
MarkF | September 16, 2014
On his MSNBC show, Chris Hayes dismisses concerns about terrorists infiltrating the United States across our borders as "a kind of girl talk mash-up."