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
Bill Gates Says Epstein Considered Blackmailing Him
Introduction: what Gates actually said
What 70 Days of Daily Life Reveal About Mood
Introduction: a study that looks like real life
France Bulks Up Its Military With 36 Billion More
Introduction: a vote that lands right on time
Brussels Arms Europe With Five Joint Defense Projects
Introduction: a Friday that changes the military equation
Todd Blanche Faces His Reckoning Over the Epstein Files
Introduction: a prosecutor under pressure
Gulf money, White House silence
Introduction: an investigation that hits a nerve
The Supreme Court redraws presidential power over agencies
Introduction: two rulings, one day, two logics
Private fusion reaches a milestone with electricity drawn from plasma
Introduction: a Monday that changes fusion's trajectory
GLP-1 drugs and the mood-changing mystery they've uncovered
Introduction: a discovery that unsettles certainties