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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.

Fire first

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

Write as if burning

Fire first. Sentences after. No lukewarm takes.

Raw truth

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

Independence

No commissioned pieces. No editorial masters. No compromise.

Columns by Maxime Marquette

4,540 columns published
Reportage· No. 2182

Maxwell transferred, Congress wants to know who changed the rules

Introduction: a letter, a prison, and a silence that keeps dragging on

Analysis· No. 2181

A drug cuts the risk of dying from a rare heart disease by 30%

Introduction: an announcement that deserves a plain explanation

Analysis· No. 2180

Europe's defense boom hits the wall of production

Introduction: when billions are no longer enough

Analysis· No. 2179

Did Bulgaria really surpass NATO's 2% target

Introduction: a claim that deserves point-by-point verification

Open letter· No. 2178

To those who still doubt Libya can ever vote

Introduction: a letter to a people tired of waiting

Profile· No. 2177

Amazon Leo nears 400 satellites as the space internet race speeds up

Introduction: what I watch for when a rocket launch becomes a commercial battle

Reportage· No. 2176

Rheinmetall enters shipyards and redraws the map of European defense

Introduction: the day a tank maker bought a shipyard

Column· No. 2175

Trump Administration Suffers Another Court Defeat in Los Angeles

Introduction: a defeat that adds to a long list

Profile· No. 2174

Dragon Cart, the Program Turning Every Cargo Plane Into a Bomber

Introduction: a quiet revolution in military aviation