Maxime Marquette
MadMax is an independent bilingual news outlet based in Québec, publishing analysis on geopolitics, technology, democracy, and culture.
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
4,540 columns published
ICE Now Strikes in Silence, and Innocent People Pay the Price
Introduction: ICE's new, quieter method
Trump Attacks the Oil Industry That Elected Him, and It's Political Theater
Introduction: a chief prosecutor targeting his own donors
Haiti, gangs keep sowing death despite the international mission
Introduction: Jean-Denis, a village wiped off the map by violence
Javier Milei, the man who wants to hand companies over to AI
Introduction: the Argentine president's most radical bet
Maduro dragged before US justice over his death squads
Introduction: American justice targets Maduro's bloody past
Ukraine and Moldova force Europe's door open
Introduction: one more step toward membership, despite Budapest
Syria chooses diplomacy over war in Lebanon
Introduction: a parliament that symbolizes more than an administrative step
At Wattisham, the West beefs up its Apache helicopter fleet
Introduction: a contract about power and industrial seriousness
Trump's voter-roll obsession keeps crashing in court
Introduction: tenth straight defeat for the electoral crusade