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.
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
4,540 columns published
Supreme Court, mail ballots — democracy deserves better
Introduction: a letter to those still doubting mail-in voting
London bets 20 billion, defense stocks catch fire
Introduction: when a Starmer speech moves an index
Niger State — a land dispute, eighteen dead, and the world's indifference
Introduction: the night Godoro tipped over
The New York Times maps the money flowing through the White House
Introduction: mapping rather than accusing
Washington sells its weapons to soothe Europe before Ankara
Introduction: a summit under heavy budgetary tension
Ex-ethics lawyer accuses Trump of an "unprecedented" conflict
Introduction: when a number becomes a confession
Rutte wants Ankara to be the summit of delivery and action
Introduction: a secretary general who refuses empty speeches
The NDAA and the FISA law held hostage by Trump's electoral standoff
Introduction: two essential laws blocked by a legislative whim
The type of fat you eat could speed up pancreatic cancer
Introduction: a discovery that upends assumptions about olive oil