P.I.D. Radio 7/19/25: Redrawing Syria's Map

The former editor of a newspaper linked to the regime in Iran told his 150,000 followers on X last week that Israel’s success in the recent Twelve-Day War was due to its deployment of “the occult and supernatural forces.” 

This isn’t the first time Israel’s enemies have accused it of secret weapons. In 2015 and again in 2022, Hamas accused Israel of using dolphins as spies and assassins to counter Palestinian frogmen off the coast of Gaza.

On a more serious note, we discuss deadly clashes this past week between Druze and Bedouin tribesmen in Suweida, a majority Druze region in southern Syria. The Druze asked Israel for help defending themselves against attacks by the Sunni Bedouins, who may have been aided by the Islamist government in Damascus. Israel responded with airstrikes on regime forces headed south towards Suweida.

Sorting truth from propaganda is difficult as both sides, Sunni and Druze, accuse the other of atrocities. With many Druze on Israel’s side of the border, who are respected and valued members of Israeli society, the IDF won’t be giving up the buffer zone it’s established inside Syria anytime soon.

We also discuss the anger of President Trump’s base over the non-release of the Epstein files, and how two events this week have flipped the narrative: Trump’s directive to AG Pam Bondi to petition the court to release grand jury transcripts related to the Epstein investigation, and the Wall Street Journal article this week reporting, without evidence, that Trump sent Epstein a crude, salacious birthday letter years ago.

The court won’t release the transcripts because grand jury testimony is always secret (and for good reason), but it takes the onus off Bondi for promising to do something she doesn’t have the power to do, and the latest example of the legacy media attacking Trump with fake news reminded his base who the true enemies of democracy are.

Also: Elon Musk announces that new Teslas will feature a Grok-powered AI companion. Just what we need—more distracted drivers (and more people interfacing artificial humans instead of family members).

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