Steve Peers

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Professor of EU and Human Rights Law, Royal Holloway University of London. Usual disclaimers.

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Steve Peers is a British academic and an expert on the European Union. He is a professor in the Department of Law and Criminology at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of EU Justice and Home Affairs Law and The Brexit: The Legal Framework for Withdrawal from the EU or Renegotiation of EU Membership. .. more

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 8d

The Mice that Roared
The EU's list of known fantasy or camouflage passports
Analysis by Jacques Bellezit - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

The Mice that Roared: the EU’s list of known fantasy and camouflage passports

Jacques BELLEZIT (University of Strasbourg) Photo credit : Syced, via Wikimedia Commons Since the Grzelczyk judgment, the Euro...

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 1h

EU Member States reportedly agree to require visas for Georgian government officials due to human rights abuses - Hungary and Slovakia opposed, but don't have a veto civil.ge/archives/720....

EU Suspends Visa-Free Travel for Georgian Diplomatic Passport Holders Under New Mechanism - Civil Georgia

European Union member states voted in favor of suspending visa-free travel for holders of Georgian d

civil.ge

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 8h

Juana Rodriguez, a U.S. citizen born in Idaho, said she was among those detained. The ACLU said in its news release that her 3-year-old son cried as officers told him to hold on to her pocket.

"My toddler was forced to witness an incredible amount of violence against people he loves and hear racial slurs about Latinos, experiences that no child should ever be exposed to," she said in a statement. "I'll never forget hearing his little voice pleading with me to give him food and water for hours on end. As a parent, nothing is more heartbreaking than hearing your child cry out in fear and being told you cannot hold or comfort them."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

If my followers have been inspired by the fierce resistance the Twin Cities has put up to ICE, you should make it a point to take a trip here (April through October 😬), enjoy the wonderful things MN has to offer and support our small businesses. It continues to be a really tough time for them.

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Business Ukraine magazine @businessukraine.bsky.social · 9h

“Russia’s South Caucasus.”

Something has gone seriously wrong at the Washington Post

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 9h

They’ll no longer need to wear masks once we know their identities.
Small European Website Is Exposing US Immigration Agents via @theguardian.com ⬇️

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

ICE List: the small European website exposing US immigration agents

Netherlands-based site uses public information and tips to reveal identities of agents involved in crackdowns across US

www.theguardian.com

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h

I said a year ago Trump was not choosing political martyrs wisely and not accounting for what tools defendants are accorded.

I want to triple down on that. I think we're about to see revenge of the defendants--starting with Marimar Martinez.

Marimar is a Montessori teacher. And holy hell, a hero!

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Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com · 10h

The disapproval resolution over Trump's tariffs against Canada has passed the House, over Speaker Johnson's objections.

It now goes to the Senate - where it's passed before.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

House votes to disapprove of Trump's Canada tariffs

Six Republicans voted in favor of the resolution, which now goes to the Senate. The president would almost certainly veto it.

www.politico.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

NEW: A page from Bondi's burn book. This is a list of the searches by Rep Jayapal of the unredacted Epstein files. That means the DOJ grabbed her search terms from the computers they set up for members of congress to view the Epstein files to use as ammunition. The photo is from Reuters.

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CarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · 10h

Lisa Nandy really is pretty hopeless

A Downing Street spokesperson added that Ratcliffe's remarks "play into the hands of those who want to divide our country" and
called on him to "immediately" apologise. The response was in contrast to the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, who told Sky News that Ratcliffe was "right to say that there are too many people who have been written off, not allowed to make the contribution that they
could make to this country".

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11h

Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 12h

Why 'island of strangers' and the 'incalculable damage' of immigration (as stated by Starmer) was so catastrophically wrong.... in one tweet.

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12h

Chris Mason failing to point out that Ratcliffe's immigration numbers were untruthful

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12h

Seems Ed Conway did not spot Ratcliffe's mistaken claim that population is up 12 million since 2020 is nonsense.

His response was just "you met Nigel Farage recently, didn't you". Instead of: that can't be right.

Should Sky News not check+correct prior to broadcast?
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Sky News on X: "Manchester United part-owner has told @EdConwaySky the UK has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, as he warns of the country facing profound political, social and economic challenges. 🔗 https://t.co/bie6uFZ1Tp https://t.co/qFpiO0HkfO" / X

Manchester United part-owner has told @EdConwaySky the UK has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, as he warns of the country facing profound political, social and economic challenges. 🔗 https://t.co/bie6uFZ1Tp https://t.co/qFpiO0HkfO

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WIRED @wired.com · 12h

Since ICE’s Operation Metro Surge began in Minnesota in December, federal immigration agents have arrested some 4,000 people, according to the DHS. The result is an avalanche of cases filed on behalf of people challenging their imprisonment—and it’s pushing the US court system to a breaking point.

ICE Is Crashing the US Court System in Minnesota

Petitions demanding people get the chance to be released from ICE custody have overwhelmed courts throughout the US.

www.wired.com

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12h

Keir Starmer calls Ratcliffe's claims "offensive and wrong"

Reform leader Nigel Farage supports the claim that Britain has been colonised by immigrants (which involved Ratcliffe's mistake vastly exaggerating the scale of change, by a factor of 5-10)

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 12h

Ministers, advisers and civil servants are braced for political fallout from the impending release of tens of thousands of documents relating to the disgraced peer Lord Peter Mandelson and his appointment as UK ambassador to the US

www.ft.com/content/ffcc...

Westminster fears release of ‘embarrassing’ exchanges in Mandelson data dump

Ministers, advisers and officials will see their communications about former peer’s appointment as UK ambassador released

www.ft.com

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 13h

Breakdown of today's vote in the EP on the Ukraine loan facility with a new type of graph by member state.

This shows neatly the huge support in the Nordics and Baltics, the low one in France (due to the RN) and the stark exception of Hungary, where even the opposition Tisza Party voted against.

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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 14h

Quite the chart

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NPR @npr.org · 15h

A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child. n.pr/4tx7oVq

A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children

A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.

n.pr

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15h

Remarkable: Trump's deranged threat to block the bridge connecting Detroit to Canada is backfiring, giving Dems a big issue in 2026 races in Michigan, which could help decide control of Congress.

Michigan Dems tell me they'll use this against Republicans big time:
newrepublic.com/article/2064...

Trump Tirade over Bridge to Canada Backfires, Handing Dems 2026 Weapon

His corrupt threat to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge is about to become a big albatross around the necks of GOP candidates in pivotal Michigan.

newrepublic.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

holy shit -- Bondi's new tactic is refusing to answer Democratic questions, then using time during the next Republican questioner to smear the previous Democratic member and accuse them of being complicit in violence crimes

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 15h

Trump’s DOJ tried to charge me with a crime simply for saying something they didn’t like. Think about that. This is after DOD already censured and threatened to demote me.

He wants to make an example out of me and scare Americans from speaking out against him. Don’t let it work.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.

BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned

NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 16h

Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.

www.404media.co/government-l...

Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On

A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.

www.404media.co

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 16h

Just because someone is rich and highly successful in business doesn't mean their brain can't be utterly melted online.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Raskin: "I want the whole country to look at this. This is the attorney general of the US whose job is law enforcement. We've never had a witness who has misunderstood our rules and been unable to conform his or her conduct to our rules before. Excuse me."

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 17h

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 19h

NEW

Could Peter Mandelson or Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor face charges of Misconduct in Public Office?

Me at New Statesman on how the offence can be very difficult to prosecute in practice

www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...