Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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EDITORIAL: Trump's Fix for a Stalled Nomination Is to Wait Out Two Senators
Chuck Grassley canceled the vote. That single administrative act, confirmed by The Hill on July 30, 2026, tells you more about the real state…
COMMENTARY: A Judge Calls Trump's IRS Deal a Search for Fake Legitimacy
"The Lead Plaintiff and the Government are one, a fully realized unitary interest." That sentence, written by federal judge Kathleen Williams on July 13,…
PORTRAIT: Fired 54 Minutes After His Oath, He Is Suing the White House
Fifty-four minutes. That is how long Roger Rogoff held the job of federal prosecutor for the Western District of Washington before a White House…
ANALYSIS: A 91-year-old wall just fell, and Trump has fired 50
On June 29, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled six to three in Trump v. Slaughter, expanding presidential power to remove members of independent federal…
INVESTIGATION: Two federal courts just gutted indefinite detention
On July 30, 2026, two separate federal appeals courts ruled, on the same day, against the same core policy: the Trump administration's practice of…
NARRATIVE: One redacted email reopens the Epstein file in court
On July 30, 2026, the Department of Justice confirmed it had transmitted unredacted files tied to Jeffrey Epstein to a federal judge for private…
OPINION: A study finds zero American jobs saved by ICE raids
Zero. That is the number of American jobs a new academic study finds were protected by the mass immigration enforcement raids conducted under the…
COMMENTARY: Trump's approval among under-50 voters craters by 38 points
Minus-41. That is Donald Trump's net approval score among American voters under age 50, according to an analysis published on July 30, 2026 by…
DECODING: Duct tape holds up US election security before the midterms
On July 31, 2026, a CNN report by Sean Lyngaas revealed that the Trump administration is working to rebuild from scratch the federal election…