Maxime Marquette
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.
“Burn rather than rot. Write rather than stay silent.”
Fire first. Sentences after. No lukewarm takes.
Always answer the strongest version of the opposing point. No strawmen.
No commissioned pieces. No editorial masters. No compromise.
Columns by Maxime Marquette
4,540 columns published
AI resurrects Diana for her 65th birthday, and it's unsettling
Introduction: a birthday haunted by artificial intelligence
The Republican senators finally daring to stand up to Trump
Introduction: the widening fracture inside the Republican Party
Medicare launches its GLP-1 Bridge program at $50 a month
Introduction: a historic turning point for access to weight-loss drugs
WHO declares the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak over
Introduction: the end of a health alert tracked since April
Samsung reveals the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra ahead of launch
Introduction: the foldable race enters a new phase
Russian drones test NATO's defenses on the eastern flank
Introduction: Europe faces a new era of aerial threat
Buffett freezes a donation to the Gates foundation after the Epstein revelations
Introduction: a twenty-year silence breaks
The DOJ takes aim at California and Virginia over semi-automatic guns
Introduction: Washington declares legal war on blue states
Musk debunks theory of a secretly more advanced Optimus
Introduction: a fan theory against an admission of slowness