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 | August 12, 2011
In a classic, table-pounding, tell-us-how-you-really feel rant on Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough rips into Michele Bachmann, calling the Minnesota congresswoman and her candidacy "a joke."
MarkF | August 10, 2011
On his MSNBC show, Chris Matthews claims Rush Limbaugh wants to overturn the integration of public schools and the armed forces.
MarkF | August 10, 2011
On his MSNBC show, Chris Matthews claims Rush Limbaugh wants to undo the integration of public schools and the military.
MarkF | August 10, 2011
On his MSNBC show, Chris Matthews claims Rush Limbaugh wants to end the integration of the US military.
MarkF | August 10, 2011
On his MSNBC show, Chris Matthews claims that Rush Limbaugh "wants to get rid of the integration we did under Harry Truman of the armed forces."
MarkF | August 7, 2011
Mellody Hobson, appearing on ABC's Good Morning America as a financial expert commenting on the downgrade by Standard & Poor's of the US government's credit rating, slams S&P as "suspect."  ABC didn't disclose that Hobson served as an Obama presidential campaign fundraiser.
MarkF | August 7, 2011
On his weekend MSNBC version of Hardball, Chris Matthews goes on an extended rant calling for more government spending, claiming that "everyone" knows that government creates jobs.
MarkF | August 6, 2011
Echoing the White House line, weekend Early Show co-host derides S&P's downgrade of Unisted States' debt rating as 'political.'  He mocks the fact that the country of Lichtenstein has a better credit rating than the US.
MarkF | August 5, 2011
Discussing the economy on her MSNBC show, Andrea Mitchell says "it just seems as though everyone is feeling a lack of hope."
MarkF | August 1, 2011
On Morning Joe, liberal congressman Barney Frank breaks out a classic Henny Youngman line to explain why he's supporting a debt ceiling deal that contains much he doesn't like.