Michael T Johnson @MichaelTalJ

Married to Sarah since 1981, three great sons, three beautiful daughters-in-law, and six grandchildren! Doctoral degree in education, speaker/author, friend. michaeltjohnson.net Nashville, TN Joined October 2010

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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9

2 days ago

By Dawn's Early Light. This morning in Chicago on Independence Day, America 250.

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MERICA MEMED @Mericamemed

2 days ago

Wherever you are on this Independence Day, take a moment and watch the entire song (not just 8-10 seconds, as it's the average attention span of X videos) and appreciate the words and feeling you hopefully get when you listen to Ray Charles .

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Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta

2 days ago

America burned Japan's first gift of cherry trees. All 2,000 of them, on President Taft's direct order. The 1910 shipment arrived in DC crawling with insects and nematodes. Agriculture inspectors condemned the lot, Taft signed off on the bonfire, and the State Department braced for a diplomatic disaster. Tokyo's mayor, Yukio Ozaki, responded by sending 3,020 more, grafted from the famous grove along the Arakawa River. Those trees have spent a century paying the friendship back. Four days after Pearl Harbor, vandals chopped down four of them. Park officials renamed the survivors "Oriental" cherry trees for the rest of the war to protect them from axes. Then came the twist. By 1952 the original Arakawa grove in Tokyo, the parent stock, had nearly died from wartime neglect. Japan asked Washington for help. The Park Service shipped budwood from DC's trees back across the Pacific and restored the grove that created them. When a flood wiped out more Japanese trees in 1982, horticulturists took 800 fresh cuttings from the Tidal Basin. These 250 new trees solve a real problem too. The Tidal Basin is sinking, and a $133 million seawall rebuild forced crews to rip out roughly 150 trees. Japan offered replacements before anyone asked, timed to America's 250th birthday. So the genetics run in a loop. Tokyo's grove seeded Washington's. Washington's saved Tokyo's. The saplings going in this spring descend from both. 114 years of diplomacy, running on grafted branches.

Polymarket @Polymarket

4 days ago

JUST IN: Japan declares its friendship with the U.S. is “stronger than ever” as it gifts an additional 250 cherry blossom trees.

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National Park Service @NatlParkService

2 days ago

Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸 From battlefields and memorials to parks and protected landscapes, the places cared for by the National Park Service help bring our shared history to life.

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Americana Aesthetics @AmericanaAesth

3 days ago

Bicentennial patriotic parade (1976)

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Michael T Johnson @MichaelTalJ

3 days ago

@chicago_sean20 Totally

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Cris Collinsworth @CollinsworthPFF

4 days ago

I love this. I was in NYC this week and can confirm this is exactly what it felt like. Happy 250th.

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National Park Service @NatlParkService

4 days ago

If you drink a lot of water, you won’t have time for other people’s drama because you’ll be too busy looking for a bathroom.

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National Park Service @NatlParkService

6 days ago

You know it’s hot when you go outside and it’s hot.

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Michael T Johnson @MichaelTalJ

5 days ago

Today begins Year 37 (1985-92; 1997 to the present) of employment at my alma mater. I consider it a great honor to have worked here for all these years. I could never repay this place for all the joy and fulfillment it has given to me and my family. @Trevecca

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Michael T Johnson @MichaelTalJ

7 days ago

Happy Birthday, America!

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Yinzer G @yinzer_g

a week ago

What I've learned from World Cup travelers this week. - Apparently the US is the only country with A/C - Other countries don't use seasoning on their food - You can only buy a gallon of milk in the USA - You have to pay for a 2nd or 3rd pop at a restaurant outside of America. No free refills - They love to party just like us and boy are they fun! - Only we do flyovers before games - America's spring is hotter than Europe's summer -We have a lot to learn when it comes to soccer chants - Ranch Dressing is a delicacy to be treasured - Their media lies to them just like ours does to us Can we keep em?

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𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN

2 weeks ago

The World Cup is proof that, if it weren't for our leaders, the vast majority of people around the world would get along just fine.

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Michael T Johnson @MichaelTalJ

2 weeks ago

@JNorr35 @theredbird_way Says a lot about his character that he didn’t give up on the night because of the previous four at bats. I’m still pulling for him to figure it out. The X experts who are most critical of him would likely have trouble hitting in slow pitch softball.

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Code.E.Banx @Code_E_Banx

2 weeks ago

She took a winning program, destroyed their record & wrecked the mental health of her team. In 2021 nine players decided to quit or change schools just to get away from her. This led to Vanderbilts season being canceled.Listen to what an ex player has to say about the Fever coach

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Michael T Johnson @MichaelTalJ

3 weeks ago

@GeorgeStoia Toby is a thoughtful, excitable poet. His naturally kind yet highly learned persona is genuine and engaging like few in the business. His versatility as a broadcaster elevates him into the pantheon of the greats he's citing in the quote. Thanks for sharing it with us. @TRowOU

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Michael T Johnson @MichaelTalJ

3 weeks ago

I've been to every city on the list. They're all great in their own way.

Juanita Broaddrick @atensnut

3 weeks ago

Been to 24.

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Michael T Johnson @MichaelTalJ

3 weeks ago

Hope may not be a strategy but it is vital! #MichaelInTheMiddlePodcast

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Michael T Johnson @MichaelTalJ

3 weeks ago

@BBGreatMoments Bo Jackson

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Michael T Johnson @MichaelTalJ

3 weeks ago

I don’t love everything that happens in America or everything some Americans do, but I really do love America. Especially so when we come together like this!