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
INVESTIGATION: Eight law firms paid for peace with the White House
On Sunday, August 2, 2026, a New York Times report by Michael S. Schmidt and Jessica Silver-Greenberg detailed how Brad Karp, chair of Paul,…
FACT CHECK: Trump says everything is down, five times more prices went up
On July 31, 2026, CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale published an analysis calling Donald Trump's claim that everything else is down absolutely and unequivocally false.…
ANALYSIS: Trump threatens Iran at night, cancels the strike hours later
On the night of August 1, 2026, a Saturday, Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the United States was locked and loaded to…
TESTIMONY: Assam, 700,000 Displaced and a State Rebuilding Every Monsoon
On July 20, 2026 , Al Jazeera reported that at least 25 people had been killed by floods and landslides in northern and northeastern…
ANALYSIS: Gaza's Phase Two, a Ceasefire Stalled in Cairo
On July 28, 2026 , a Hamas delegation left for Cairo to continue negotiations on implementing the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.
NOTE: Altman and Huang Head to the Senate as AI Does Its Own Diplomacy
According to Boursorama , Sam Altman of OpenAI and Jensen Huang of Nvidia are set to meet this week in Washington with Mark Warner…
OPINION: Merz Under Fire as the CDU Learns the Political Price of Reform
On July 29, 2026 , Le Monde describes an " unprecedented " rebellion within the CDU against Friedrich Merz , a party usually known…
INVESTIGATION: Epstein a Foreign Agent? The Letter That Moves the Scandal Into Counterintelligence
On July 21, 2026 , Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent an official letter demanding an investigation into evidence suggesting…
FACT-CHECK: Kumamoto, a Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake Reopens the Seismic Debate
On July 28, 2026 , a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the island of Kyushu , and Japan's weather agency, the…