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Senior Correspondent at The Capitol Forum. Report exclusives on how The White House and its regulatory agencies impact business. Stories are behind a paywall but will repost what I can. Email me at joshpkosman@gmail.com with leads.

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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Bill Cohan cited my work on Leon Black's connections to Jeffrey Epstein and Guzel Ganieva in his new book Money to Burn. If you want to read about how Apollo and LBOs hurt our economy, make sure to look up The Buyout of America.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit to force Virginia to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is now 0-14 in these cases. www.democracydocket.com/cases/virgin...
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🚨United States of America v. Beals
Learn more.
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The Capitol Forum @capitolforum.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Comcast in Talks to Build 18,000-Seat Sphere Theater at Universal Orlando Resort library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9gt73ej... h/t @joshkosman.bsky.social $CMCSA $SPHR
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 23/04/2026
Staten Island traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck blasting through school zones or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. The truck belongs to James Giovansanti, who lives and works there as an NYPD officer. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/t...
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To Protect And Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets Yet Remains On The Force - Streetsblog New York City
One of the city’s most-dangerous drivers is an officer with the NYPD, which does nothing to stop his reign of terror on Staten Island.
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
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Paramount Rival Bidder Says America Is in Danger
Daphna Edwards Ziman believes that because Skydance's deal for Paramount includes "bribes" to Shari Redstone and Trump it will lead to more corruption.
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
This is my first exclusive for CorpGov, a site aimed at Boards and shareholder activists. joshonbusiness.substack.com/p/libertaria...
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"Libertarian" FCC Commissioner Was Believed to Be Uncomfortable with Paramount Deal: Exclusive
Wax hire is mysterious
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
My first column. joshonbusiness.substack.com/p/opinion-te...
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Opinion: Teamsters May Need New Trump Strategy
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien took a big chance when he spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention and got close to Trump.
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Tragic all the way around. joshonbusiness.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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Exclusive: CTE Expert Requests NYC Shooter’s Brain for Research
The Co-Founder of the Faces of CTE Kimberly Archie on Monday night reached out to the parents of alleged New York City shooter Shane Tamura to ask for his brain so it could be included in one of the s...
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
My Substack Post on The Art of President Trump’s Private Equity Deal joshonbusiness.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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Exclusive: The Art of Trump's Private Equity Deal
President Trump in a matter of months turned from a private equity critic to champion and much of that has come because of a deal involving AI, sources told JOBs.
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The first post to my Substack Josh on Business (JOBs). Teamsters present new Paramount-Skydance hurdle. joshonbusiness.substack.com/p/trump-frie...
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Trump-friendly Teamsters could still object to Paramount merger: Exclusive
Ellison's Skydance faces another challenge in getting Paramount merger approved
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Glad to have spoken up. www.mediaite.com/politics/new...
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New York Post Reporter Suspended After Accusing Editor of Killing Story About Trump Nominee
A veteran reporter at the New York Post was suspended from the newspaper after he accused editor-in-chief Keith Poole of killing his story.
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
This scoop was a little dirty but proud to have brought it home. nypost.com/2025/05/21/b...
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Exclusive | OnlyFans’ billionaire owner quietly looking to cash out — but booming smut site is struggling to find buyer: sources
“You’re looking to find billionaires and trying to sell it as not an adult content company but just a platform like X that allows adult content,” a source told The Post.
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Not surprising that the Sheik giving Trump the plane threw an anti-semitic rant. Great James Franey story. nypost.com/2025/05/15/b...
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Exclusive | Sheikh who owns $400M Qatari jet gifted to Trump is embroiled in $20M luxury hotel spat
The Qatari sheikh gifting a $400 million plane that’s slated to become Trump’s next Air Force One has also previously faced allegations of corruption and antisemitism.
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Ray Donovan called this more satsfying than catching El Chapo. Exclusive. nypost.com/2025/02/27/u...
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DEA’s most wanted drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero arrives in NYC to face charges after Mexico hands him over to US
A drug cartel kingpin, known as the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s top target for his role in the killing of a DEA agent, was moved from Mexico to New York City on Thursday and is expec…
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Joe Beda @h.olysh.it · 16/02/2025
I’m thinking about federal income tax. If the federal government isn’t meeting its obligations why should we? Specifically, I’d love to see states get the money first and hold it in trust pending litigation. I want to pay my taxes but not to a government that doesn’t respect the constitution.
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Trump to ask for much more in CBS settlement than he took in ABC or Meta cases nypost.com/2025/02/07/b...
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Exclusive | Trump angling for nine-figure payout from CBS to settle $10B lawsuit over Harris interview: sources
Sources with knowledge of the negotiations told The Post that Trump’s lawyers are poised to ask for as much as nine figures – a sum that would vastly exceed the $16 million recently paid by ABC and…
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
First public interview from Shohei Ohtani's translator's bookie. nypost.com/2025/02/03/s...
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Exclusive | Matthew Bowyer, bookie for Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter, says half of pro athletes are betting on sports
Matthew Bowyer, a bookmaker for Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, opens up to The Post in his first public interview.
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Ellison quid pro-quo? nypost.com/2025/01/22/b...
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Exclusive | Larry Ellison’s backing of Trump’s $500B AI project could help save Paramount merger: sources
Billionaire Larry Ellison’s backing of Stargate could help grease the wheels for the embattled merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, sources told The Post.
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Great story of corporate greed going too far. www.wsj.com/business/vai...
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Vail Resorts Has an Epic Problem
From Stowe to Switzerland, Vail Resorts transformed skiing. Now, on one of the busiest ski weekends of the year, customers are pushing back.
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profromdover23.mainbastards.online @profromdover23.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Tells you all you need to know about the guy.
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
The Best Of Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller September 2,1947
THAT POOR MAN HAS BEEN TAKING IT ALL DAY

SIGN-
COMPLAINT DEPT.

I THINK YOUR STORE IS
WONDERFUL --AND YOU'RE
VERY NICE TOO
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
This would be the second most powerful person at the Pentagon. nypost.com/2018/10/07/l...
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Exclusive | Latest military mess causing trouble for Feinberg’s private equity firm
Steve Feinberg’s big bets on war and weapons have gotten him into another financial mess – and this time his troubles are stoking concerns about potential conflicts of interest as he sits as an adv…
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Literary Pearls @literarypearls.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Gary Gensler sues Musk a few weeks after Musk rejects $263 million SEC demand. Exclusive! nypost.com/2025/01/14/b...
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Elon Musk sued by SEC over late disclosure of Twitter stake in parting shot by lame-duck Gary Gensler
The SEC said the delay allowed Musk to continue buying Twitter shares at artificially low prices, allowing him to underpay by at least $150 million.
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Jesse Cox @jessecox.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
In 1816 when Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein there was no summer cause a volcano erupted and ash clouded the sky. I always wondered what that would look like and waking up this morning I now know.. The sky is black at 9am. It’s terrifying, yet mesmerizing. Stay safe LA.
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Oksii ✚ 🇺🇦 @oksii33.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
MSG Networks off of Optimum cable and its one million NYC area customers nypost.com/2025/01/01/b...
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Exclusive | James Dolan’s MSG Networks, Optimum dig in for long fight as Knicks game blacked out: sources
Optimum pulled the plug on MSG — and Knicks and Rangers fans could be left in the dark well into the new year, The Post has learned.
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Barclays fires Wall Streeters without giving end of year bonuses. nypost.com/2024/12/27/b...
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Exclusive | Barclays fires over a dozen bankers, traders before Christmas — without giving them bonuses: sources
The scrooges at Barclays canned 15 Wall Street workers out of the roughly 50 it pink-slipped last month, two sources with close knowledge of the situation said.
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
The Vox had me on speaking about James Dolan's money-losing Las Vegas Sphere. open.spotify.com/episode/1oFu...
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One year of Sphere
Today, Explained · Episode
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
I have been covering Ira Rennert on and off for some time.https://nypost.com/2024/12/09/business/ira-rennert-who-owns-425m-hamptons-estate-ordered-to-stand-trial-in-lead-poisoning-case/
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
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Paramount’s $8B Skydance merger faces fresh hurdles — from ‘60 Minutes’ to the Teamsters
It is too early to know whether requirements to get the merger approved also could include turning over the raw transcript of the interview, according to the source.
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
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Exclusive | Subway has ignored ‘screams for help’ from shop owners — and risks being ‘gobbled up’ by fast-growing rival Jersey Mike’s
“The last 20 days have been kind of hellish,” a Subway employee wrote Wednesday on Reddit about the value meal.
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Jim Fella 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇩🇪🇬🇪 @judgedreddfella.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Bit long, to be honest, but well worth the time. m.youtube.com/watch?v=tw0s...
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The Power of Radical Honesty - Dr. Anna Lembke
YouTube video by After Skool
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𝑀𝒶𝓎𝓇𝒶°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:・🫧 @lepapillonblue.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Here’s a little video that I made, snowing 🌨️ at the Grand Canyon Village. 🤍
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 25/11/2024
A friend who works at the CIA told me they’re replacing water boarding with Lee Greenwood songs.
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Josh Kosman @joshkosman.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Howard Lutnick, the new Commerce Secretary nypost.com/2024/02/06/b...
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Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick backs cryptocurrency Tether despite Hamas links
Cantor Fitzgerald, as the stablecoin’s issuer, manages “many many” of the crypto giant’s reported $86 billion in assets, according to Bloomberg.
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Kerr_yqoutes @kerryromeo.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
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