• “The Rude Pundit,” Lee Papa, calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about his blog at RudePundit.Blogspot.com, about Palin’s resignation, and how George Washington would kick the teabaggers’ asses.

• The FBI, in a rare response to rampant rumors on the internet, said it is not investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on public corruption charges. The speculation began almost immediately after Palin’s unexpected announcement on Friday that she would step down as Alaska’s chief executive with 18 months left in her term.

• Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev end a seven-year hiatus in U.S.-Russian summitry with a meeting in Moscow today, each declaring his determination to further cut nuclear arsenals and repair a badly damaged relationship.

• Listings for tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial service at Los Angeles’ Staples Center tomorrow appeared on eBay and Craigslist as soon as winners were notified yesterday. One listing asked for a “Buy It Now” price of $20,000.

• Vice President Biden said the Obama administration “misread how bad the economy was” but stands by its stimulus package and believes the plan will create more jobs as the pace of its spending picks up. Biden said the nation’s 9.5 percent unemployment rate is “much too high.”

• Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-VA) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about the economy and other news of the day.

• Cassandra Peterson (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark) joins us in studio at 8am Pacific to talk about all things politics and pop culture.

• A former FBI supervisory agent told Congress yesterday that the so-called CIA enhanced interrogation techniques authorized for use against Al Qaida by the Bush administration were in fact “slow, ineffective, unreliable, and harmful.”

• President Obama reversed course on releasing more detainee abuse photos yesterday by saying they would not be released, defending his decision by saying it would only put American troops in harm’s way and create a backlash against Americans.

• Congress is nearing completion of a bill that would place tough new restrictions on credit card companies and protect card holders from arbitrary rate hikes and other deceptive practices. Senators could vote this week on a “Bill of Rights” for owners of credit cards.

• The GOP blocked President Obama’s pick for the No. 2 job at the Interior Department yesterday in a dispute over oil and gas leases, but Dems said they would soon make a second attempt to win confirmation.