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 | July 21, 2011
On Al Sharpton's MSNBC show, leftist professor Michael Eric Dyson suggests Reaganism is imposed "in a fascist fashion."
MarkF | July 21, 2011
On Morning Joe, John Heilemann of New York magazine says the story about Michele Bachmann's migraines was a "calculated hit piece" resulting from a leak of opposition research by one of Bachmann's ROP rivals for the GOP presidential nomination, adding that it was not a "liberal media conspiracy."Mika Brzezinski expresses feminist outrage at the story, chalking it up to "sexism."
MarkF | July 20, 2011
Arguing with Mo Brooks of Alabama over raising the debt ceiling, MSNBC's Contessa Brewer attempts to discredit the Tea Party Republican fresman Member of Congress from Alabama by asking if he has "a degree in economics.""Yes, ma'am, I do.  Highest honors," answered the courtly congressman.
MarkF | July 20, 2011
On Morning Joe, fellow MSNBCers Joe Scarborough and Martin Bashir engage in a spat over the hacking scandal and Piers Morgan's possible involvement.
MarkF | July 19, 2011
If MSNBC's goal is to give air time to the looniest of the left, than perhaps the network's doing the right thing by replacing Cenk Uygur with Al Sharpton.For in the 6 o'clock time slot this evening the Reverend Al actually asserted that Barack Obama sounds more like Ronald Reagan than Tea Party freshmen members of Congress. 
MarkF | July 13, 2011
On Morning Joe, former Carter National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski says "ignorant Americans"  are "susceptible to simplistic slogans by candidates who appear out of nowhere, have no track record."
MarkF | July 11, 2011
Guest hosting for Cenk Uygur on MSNBC, Al Sharpton tells Pat Buchanan he's "a loser."
MarkF | July 1, 2011
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski says ""we're getting hit a lot lately for not bringing on people who speak on behalf of the White House and really stick up for the President."
MarkF | June 30, 2011
On Morning Joe, commenting on President Obama's performance at the previous day's press conference, Mark Halperin says "I think he was kind of a dick yesterday."
MarkF | May 1, 2011
Appearing on the Today Show, David Gregory gives a three-part smooch to President Obama, reporting favorably on: 1. the Tripoli bombing that might have killed members of Khaddafy's family; 2. the president's handling of the devastating tornadoes that hit the South; and 3. how the president and Seth Meyers got the best of Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner.