Double Decryptomaddowlogical! (#64 and #65)

I have found inspiration and overcome my mental block for a Thursday night clue, plus I have the Friday night clue. I'll put Thursday's after the jump and start with the fresh one:

Governor Christie's protestations aside, it's clear to most observers that the reason he scheduled the special election to replace the late Senator Frank Lautenberg just a few weeks before the regular election is because he's afraid of what might happen if energized Democrats are voting on a ballot that also includes his name for reelection along with a number of local Republicans. Despite high approval ratings, Christie apparently lacks confidence in his political security. You might say he's 

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As Rachel pointed out Thursday night, even as a series of leaks has led to a wave of news stories that have overtaken the national conversation, the fact of the leaks themselves is as much a story as the stories they've produced. For whatever reason, programs and papers that were once hidden behind a scrim of secrecy are showing their face. The public is hearing a whole new set of facts as leakers have broken the ...