Joshua Engel, Esq.
@joshuaaengel.com
Civil Rights & Appellate Attorney | Fmr Prosecutor | Father & Husband | Friend of Collies | Long-Suffering Cornhuskers Fan
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Joshua Engel, Esq.
@joshuaaengel.com
· Jun 3
"Mr. Engel is one of the more competent attorneys who appears in ths Court..."
-- Judge to my court appointed client who had filed a motion requesting different counsel
-- Judge to my court appointed client who had filed a motion requesting different counsel
One thing you learn as a prosecutor: things just don’t happen; somebody does something to somebody
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
One thing you learn as a prosecutor: things just don’t happen; somebody does something to somebody
Slice of Ohio life in Municipal Court
Victim wants a menacing charge dropped
Judge to victim: So you’re saying the defendant was drunk and threatened you guys with a gun?
Victim: Well, he wasn’t drunk…
Victim wants a menacing charge dropped
Judge to victim: So you’re saying the defendant was drunk and threatened you guys with a gun?
Victim: Well, he wasn’t drunk…
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Slice of Ohio life in Municipal Court
Victim wants a menacing charge dropped
Judge to victim: So you’re saying the defendant was drunk and threatened you guys with a gun?
Victim: Well, he wasn’t drunk…
Victim wants a menacing charge dropped
Judge to victim: So you’re saying the defendant was drunk and threatened you guys with a gun?
Victim: Well, he wasn’t drunk…
October 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Good job, Quakers
My school - founded by polymath, bifocal-wearing, hardened glass-harmonica-playing, "76-and-I'll-Still-Kick-Your-Ass," Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writin', Benjamin Fuckin' Franklin - should never fold to anyone
My school - founded by polymath, bifocal-wearing, hardened glass-harmonica-playing, "76-and-I'll-Still-Kick-Your-Ass," Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writin', Benjamin Fuckin' Franklin - should never fold to anyone
Penn joins MIT and Brown in saying “no” to Trump extortion move.
Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment
With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.
www.thedp.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Good job, Quakers
My school - founded by polymath, bifocal-wearing, hardened glass-harmonica-playing, "76-and-I'll-Still-Kick-Your-Ass," Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writin', Benjamin Fuckin' Franklin - should never fold to anyone
My school - founded by polymath, bifocal-wearing, hardened glass-harmonica-playing, "76-and-I'll-Still-Kick-Your-Ass," Poor-Richard's-Almanack-writin', Benjamin Fuckin' Franklin - should never fold to anyone
New York Times AGAIN spreading false information
This time: a claim to have the "best" recipes for breaking the Yom Kippur fast
The truth: EVERYONE knows that the only acceptable way for an American Jew to break the fast is with Chinese food.
cooking.nytimes.com/68861692-nyt...
This time: a claim to have the "best" recipes for breaking the Yom Kippur fast
The truth: EVERYONE knows that the only acceptable way for an American Jew to break the fast is with Chinese food.
cooking.nytimes.com/68861692-nyt...
October 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
New York Times AGAIN spreading false information
This time: a claim to have the "best" recipes for breaking the Yom Kippur fast
The truth: EVERYONE knows that the only acceptable way for an American Jew to break the fast is with Chinese food.
cooking.nytimes.com/68861692-nyt...
This time: a claim to have the "best" recipes for breaking the Yom Kippur fast
The truth: EVERYONE knows that the only acceptable way for an American Jew to break the fast is with Chinese food.
cooking.nytimes.com/68861692-nyt...
This 1000 times 👇
I swear to god if Democrats do not get a hold of their text fundraising mayhem…
October 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This 1000 times 👇
Eagles missed a real opportunity by not having a message printed on shades being held up on sideline
My brother suggested “Your city isn’t even Jacksonville”
I would go with “Brady cheated”
#FlyEaglesFly
My brother suggested “Your city isn’t even Jacksonville”
I would go with “Brady cheated”
#FlyEaglesFly
September 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Eagles missed a real opportunity by not having a message printed on shades being held up on sideline
My brother suggested “Your city isn’t even Jacksonville”
I would go with “Brady cheated”
#FlyEaglesFly
My brother suggested “Your city isn’t even Jacksonville”
I would go with “Brady cheated”
#FlyEaglesFly
Josh is in to something important here 👇
How the law is understood and experienced by “elite” professors and the Supreme Court Bar is different than how trial lawyers and judges understand the law; power-based jurisprudence has real negative impacts on the people that SCOTUS never sees
How the law is understood and experienced by “elite” professors and the Supreme Court Bar is different than how trial lawyers and judges understand the law; power-based jurisprudence has real negative impacts on the people that SCOTUS never sees
6/ and realize, admit that reform is necessary. But quite a few still persist making excuses for the current corruption as though it were a matter of differing judicial philosophies etc. In a way it's professional self-preservation because if the work of the legal judicial/academic system isn't ...
September 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Josh is in to something important here 👇
How the law is understood and experienced by “elite” professors and the Supreme Court Bar is different than how trial lawyers and judges understand the law; power-based jurisprudence has real negative impacts on the people that SCOTUS never sees
How the law is understood and experienced by “elite” professors and the Supreme Court Bar is different than how trial lawyers and judges understand the law; power-based jurisprudence has real negative impacts on the people that SCOTUS never sees
Reposted by Joshua Engel, Esq.
Just like with PBS pledge drives, I am waiting till the matching period next week to donate to The Otis Fund at @katmaiconservancy.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Just like with PBS pledge drives, I am waiting till the matching period next week to donate to The Otis Fund at @katmaiconservancy.bsky.social
In honor of #FatBearWeek, please take a moment to read this remembrance of the Fat Bear GOAT, Otis
Otis remains a true American Hero and #1 in our hearts
www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
Otis remains a true American Hero and #1 in our hearts
www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
Remembering 480 Otis, the ‘Buddha of Brooks Falls’ and Fat Bear Week’s greatest champion
With four Fat Bear Week titles and a Zen master approach, the bear had garnered plenty of fans since it was first sighted in 2001.
www.adn.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In honor of #FatBearWeek, please take a moment to read this remembrance of the Fat Bear GOAT, Otis
Otis remains a true American Hero and #1 in our hearts
www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
Otis remains a true American Hero and #1 in our hearts
www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
September 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Same long-held opinion from @lauracstruve.com
My wife is sad because the dolphin on the Dolphins helmet no longer has a little helmet.
September 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Same long-held opinion from @lauracstruve.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Hard to imagine a more important statement
“We have a message for the rest of the nation as well: This is a time to rally to protect the health of every American.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
“We have a message for the rest of the nation as well: This is a time to rally to protect the health of every American.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Hard to imagine a more important statement
“We have a message for the rest of the nation as well: This is a time to rally to protect the health of every American.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
“We have a message for the rest of the nation as well: This is a time to rally to protect the health of every American.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Reposted by Joshua Engel, Esq.
When the going gets tough… Democrats give up?
Message here — that if Republicans simply up the legal and extra-legal pressure, no matter how illegitimate — then Democrats will inevitably fold is so f’n depressing because it historically is true
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...
Message here — that if Republicans simply up the legal and extra-legal pressure, no matter how illegitimate — then Democrats will inevitably fold is so f’n depressing because it historically is true
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...
Republicans Raise the Pressure on Texas Democrats to End Their Walkout
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
When the going gets tough… Democrats give up?
Message here — that if Republicans simply up the legal and extra-legal pressure, no matter how illegitimate — then Democrats will inevitably fold is so f’n depressing because it historically is true
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...
Message here — that if Republicans simply up the legal and extra-legal pressure, no matter how illegitimate — then Democrats will inevitably fold is so f’n depressing because it historically is true
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...
I suspect most Harvard Alumni agree with me that the school should not give those Fuckin' Nimrods any money on General Principle
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Harvard Is Said to Be Open to Spending Up To $500 Million to Resolve Trump Dispute
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I suspect most Harvard Alumni agree with me that the school should not give those Fuckin' Nimrods any money on General Principle
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Received my first obviously AI written brief from an opposing party, including hallucinated cases
Really, really, really looking forward to busting the authors and asking for sanctions
Really, really, really looking forward to busting the authors and asking for sanctions
July 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Received my first obviously AI written brief from an opposing party, including hallucinated cases
Really, really, really looking forward to busting the authors and asking for sanctions
Really, really, really looking forward to busting the authors and asking for sanctions
Exciting news from Ohio: we have ducklings!
July 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Exciting news from Ohio: we have ducklings!
I have been to LSU football games…
Fact check: TRUE
Fact check: TRUE
July 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I have been to LSU football games…
Fact check: TRUE
Fact check: TRUE
A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
July 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Great AI fail example:
Planning to make real vanilla ice cream, I asked when was the best time to add the vanilla beans — what AI gave me was a discussion of pairing vanilla ice cream with baked beans, which sounds absolutely terrible 👇
Planning to make real vanilla ice cream, I asked when was the best time to add the vanilla beans — what AI gave me was a discussion of pairing vanilla ice cream with baked beans, which sounds absolutely terrible 👇
July 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Great AI fail example:
Planning to make real vanilla ice cream, I asked when was the best time to add the vanilla beans — what AI gave me was a discussion of pairing vanilla ice cream with baked beans, which sounds absolutely terrible 👇
Planning to make real vanilla ice cream, I asked when was the best time to add the vanilla beans — what AI gave me was a discussion of pairing vanilla ice cream with baked beans, which sounds absolutely terrible 👇
An under-reported impact of Medicaid cuts is in court ordered drug treatment
I was in a very Republican county for court the other day, and conservative judges were lamenting the Medicaid cuts in GOP bill will mean loss of housing and support for many sober living programs
I was in a very Republican county for court the other day, and conservative judges were lamenting the Medicaid cuts in GOP bill will mean loss of housing and support for many sober living programs
July 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
An under-reported impact of Medicaid cuts is in court ordered drug treatment
I was in a very Republican county for court the other day, and conservative judges were lamenting the Medicaid cuts in GOP bill will mean loss of housing and support for many sober living programs
I was in a very Republican county for court the other day, and conservative judges were lamenting the Medicaid cuts in GOP bill will mean loss of housing and support for many sober living programs
No inconsistency in believing Harvard failed to appropriately respond to anti-Semitism AND Admin is improperly using that fact to threaten 1st Amend rights
Law recognizes that heightened scrutiny and selective enforcement is a form of retaliation
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
Law recognizes that heightened scrutiny and selective enforcement is a form of retaliation
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
Trump Administration Finds Harvard Violated Civil Rights Law
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
No inconsistency in believing Harvard failed to appropriately respond to anti-Semitism AND Admin is improperly using that fact to threaten 1st Amend rights
Law recognizes that heightened scrutiny and selective enforcement is a form of retaliation
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
Law recognizes that heightened scrutiny and selective enforcement is a form of retaliation
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...