Still doesn't make sense that pinching the hoses results in an unsquishy pedal. Only thing I can think of like I said before is that for whatever reason, it will hold pressure at 1/8 pedal travel when the lines are clamped, but will not hold pressure once it gets to 1/2 travel or whatever. Symptom is just too funky to blame on a clearly non-leaking caliper
That being said, fuck my life. Wasted an entire weekend chasing my tail. On a positive note, jeep was prepped in two hours