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 | November 24, 2009
On Morning Joe, Tina Brown of the Daily Beast says Sarah Palin's appeal is based on "total ignorance."
MarkF | November 23, 2009
On Morning Joe, Lawrence O'Donnell calls the Roman Catholic bishop who wrote Rep. Patrick Kennedy banning him from taking communion a "political hack."
MarkF | November 19, 2009
Interviewing a Sarah Palin fan in line at a book-signing, MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell breaks out written notes to challenge her.
MarkF | November 16, 2009
Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough says comparing Sarah Palin to Howard Dean is an insult to Dean's intelligence.
MarkF | November 15, 2009
On Meet The Press, Hillary Clinton declines to say she supports the decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in NYC, saying only that she "won't second-guess the decision."
MarkF | November 15, 2009
On Fox News Watch, Jim Pinkerton cites NewsBuster Mark Finkelstein's report on Pres. Obama's failure to defend the U.S. dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended WWII in the Pacific.
MarkF | November 13, 2009
At a press conference in Japan, Pres. Obama ducks a reporter's repeated question as to whether Obama things the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the right decision.
MarkF | November 10, 2009
Financial Times' Chrystia Freeland, on Morning Joe, declares she's "comforted" by reports the military's devotion to "diversity" won't be affected by Hasan case.
MarkF | November 9, 2009
Ed Schultz and Barney Frank go at each other on MSNBC over Wall Street bonuses.
MarkF | November 6, 2009
Nancy LeaMond, the Exec. VP of AARP, appeared on Morning Joe to defend her organization's endorsement of ObamaCare. Turns out that before coming to AARP, LeaMond was a senior Clinton admin appointee and top congressional staffer.