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Maxime Marquette

Independent columnist · MadMax

MadMax is an independent bilingual news outlet based in Québec, publishing analysis on geopolitics, technology, democracy, and culture.

Our mission: rigorous, source-cited analysis carried out with full editorial independence — no sponsorship, no party line.

Our editorial standards: sources are cited inline, corrections are fixed and logged publicly, and any use of artificial intelligence is disclosed.

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“Burn rather than rot. Write rather than stay silent.”

Write as if burning

Fire first. Sentences after. No lukewarm takes.

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Always answer the strongest version of the opposing point. No strawmen.

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Columns by Maxime Marquette500 column(s) published
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Reportage· No. 7007

TESTIMONY: Assam, 700,000 Displaced and a State Rebuilding Every…

On July 20, 2026 , Al Jazeera reported that at least…

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Analysis· No. 7006

ANALYSIS: Gaza's Phase Two, a Ceasefire Stalled in Cairo

On July 28, 2026 , a Hamas delegation left for Cairo…

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Note· No. 7005

BILLET: Altman and Huang Head to the Senate as…

According to Boursorama , Sam Altman of OpenAI and Jensen Huang…

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Opinion· No. 7004

OPINION: Merz Under Fire as the CDU Learns the…

On July 29, 2026 , Le Monde describes an " unprecedented…

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Investigation· No. 7003

INVESTIGATION: Epstein a Foreign Agent? The Letter That Moves…

On July 21, 2026 , Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the…

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Analysis· No. 7002

FACT-CHECK: Kumamoto, a Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake Reopens the Seismic…

On July 28, 2026 , a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the…

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Reportage· No. 7001

REPORT: Kaduna, Benue, Rural Nigeria Left Alone Against Its…

At least 30 people were killed when gunmen attacked a village…

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Analysis· No. 7000

FACT-CHECK: Bloody Hazing, a Secret Service Agent Faces Justice

A U.S. Secret Service agent stationed in South Florida was arrested…

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Analysis· No. 6999

ANALYSIS: Sixty Trading Partners Taxed, the Tariff Is No…

There is a difference between brandishing a tariff and imposing it.…

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Note· No. 6998

OPINION: Vaccines — Trump Pushes Kennedy to Go Further,…

Nobody signs a memo. Nobody writes "move faster" in plain ink.…

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Essay· No. 6997

ESSAY: Fourth Heat Wave — Europe Enters the Age…

On July 28, 2026, the New York Times reports that the…

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Opinion· No. 6996

OPINION: ChatGPT Takes Your Pulse — Public Health Entrusted…

OpenAI states, on the page announcing the launch of "Health in…

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Analysis· No. 6995

ANALYSIS: Venezuela — a Transition Written in Washington, Negotiated…

It was Marco Rubio , the U.S. Secretary of State, who…

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Commentary· No. 6994

COMMENTARY: A Supermarket in Chernihiv — the Normalization of…

On the night of July 27 to 28, 2026 , the…

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Editorial· No. 6993

EDITORIAL: Measles — America Gives Up a Twenty-Six-Year-Old Public…

There is a line , in a table the CDC updates…

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