Morning edition: ‘Makes me sick’: R udd blasts Tenacious D as Aussie tour axed

Email Kevin Rudd has weighed in after Jack Black cancelled the Tenacious D tour of Australia after saying he was ‘blindsided’ by his bandmate’s ‘hate speech’ against Donald Trump.

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