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 17, 2010
On Morning Joe, Norah O'Donnell says that those who oppose the Ground Zero mosque are acting "like the people who attacked America and killed 3,000 people."
MarkF | August 16, 2010
Subbing for Ed Schultz, Cenk Uygur calls the 70% of Americans who oppose the Ground Zero mosque "ignorant."
MarkF | August 10, 2010
On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz taunts NJ Gov. Chris Christie about his weight.
MarkF | August 10, 2010
On Morning Joe, commenting on an ad by an anti-Ground Zero mosque group, Willie Geist says that showing a plane flying into the WTC "is always in bad taste."
MarkF | August 9, 2010
On his MSNBC show this evening, Ed Schultz mocked Karl Rove's performance in filling in for Rush Limbaugh. In particular, Schultz slammed Rove for his brief problem in providing the show's call-in number. But later in the show, Ed himself ran head-first into a rhetorical roadblock, stumbling badly when it came to pronouncing the most famous name in the world of ocean studies: Cousteau.
MarkF | August 9, 2010
On Hardball, Chuck Todd, debating a possible change to the 14th Amendment that would deny US citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants born in this country, seems to cite the Emma Lazarus poem at the Statue of Liberty as if it's the law.
MarkF | August 9, 2010
On Morning Joe, Chuck Todd and Joe Scarborough, commenting on Michelle Obama's recent trip to Spain, indicate there is "something more" happening with the First Lady.
MarkF | August 5, 2010
On the Ed Show, Ed Schultz says "the Republicans are on a mission to politically assassinate the president's agenda."
MarkF | August 5, 2010
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski criticizes Charlie Crist for leaving the GOP in the middle of a campaign, while Joe Scarborough is more understanding and predicts many others will go independent and win.
MarkF | August 4, 2010
On The Ed Show, Dem congressman Alan Grayson confirms his belief that Republicans want sick people to "die quickly."