Mark Finkelstein

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.
 

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The CNN This Morning Group Chat universally condemns AG Pam Bondi's performance before a congressional committee hearing, but doesn't mention the various insults the Democrats on the committee aim at her.
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On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough, who continues to describe himself as a "conservative," says, "You look at the Wall Street Journal's editorial page. I bring this up because this is a Murdoch-owned company. The editorial page, we don't agree. I don't agree with what they say a lot of the time. But man, when it comes to holding Donald Trump to constitutional norms and political norms, they've been…
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CNN This Morning host Audie Cornish says she gives President Trump no credit for pulling the video depicting that Obama's as apes, since he didn't apologize and blamed it on someone else. She also twice accuses Trump of "racism."
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Could you ever imagine Audie Cornish casually referring to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson as "John" and "Mike?" Rhetorical question. Yet on today's edition of CNN This Morning, Audie spoke of "Kamala" and "Jasmine." Not surprising on the part of former NPR host Cornish when speaking of her fellow liberals! Audie's name drops came in the context of a discussion of the…
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On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough, Joe Scarborough mocks Speaker Mike Johnson's stature, referring to him as "liitle" and "Mikey." Scarborough falsely imitates Johnson as if he has a Deep South accent, which he doesn't. And Scarborough manages to work in a brag that during his congressional elections, even if the early vote count had him behind, he would assure others that he would win because he…
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CNN This Morning rolls a clip of NFL Commish Roger Goodell absurdly claiming:"This platform is used to unite people and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talents, and to be able to use this moment to do that. And I think artists in the past have done that. I think Bad Bunny understands that." Surprisingly, host Audie Cornish calls out Goodell on his BS: "I don'…
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On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough goes on an extended, unhinged, screaming anti-ICE rant. He is reacting to a dashcam video of a woman whose car was stopped, with ICE agents emerging from their vehicle with guns drawn. But Scarborough makes no mention of what proceeded the stop. As per the DHS statement, the woman ignored commands to pull over, drove recklessly, and drove "directly" at law…
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On MS NOW's The Weekend, Atlantic author Adam Serwer accuses ICE of profiling "or worse" non-white people in Minneapolis. Like Renee Good and Alex Pretti? The fact is that more than 90% of the illegal immigrants in the US are Hispanic or of African background.
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On MS NOW's The Weekend, Atlantic author Adam Serwer accuses ICE of profiling "or worse" non-white people in Minneapolis. Like Renee Good and Alex Pretti? The fact is that more than 90% of the illegal immigrants in the US are Hispanic or of African background.
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On CNN This Morning, CNN Democrat Antjuan Seawright, commenting on the attack on Ilhan Omar, says: "Believe it or not, there's some sick, deranged people out there who are celebrating online when members of Congress are attacked, when they're threatened, particularly visible figures like Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-cortez and others. And I think that we as Americans have to step back. But I…