Monday Morning Politics; Sufism and Why ISIS Attacks It; David Cay Johnston; Wrongful Birth

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 27, 2017
  • Gabe Debenedetti, political reporter for POLITICO, on Monday Morning Politics.
  • Daisy Khan, founder and executive director of the Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE), talks about the Sufi branch of Islam and why its adherents are targeted by ISIS.
  • David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, talks about what he's learned about the president's businesses, taxes and how his tax plan will affect him and the rest of us.
  • Jenn Gann is The Cut's parenting editor, and the author of this week's New York Magazine cover story about what it means to have a "wrongful birth."

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