Politico : Hegseth in the hot seat   —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  Good Wednesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, still chuckling at King Charles' real estate gag at the White House banquet last night.  What do you mean, too soon?  —  In today's Playbook ... RELATED: Ken White / The Popehat Report : Discussion: Wonkette , Talking Points Memo , MS NOW , The Federalist , emptywheel , The Guardian , Mediaite , Lawyers, Guns & Money , RedState , Al Jazeera , Fox News , LGBTQ Nation , The Moderate Voice , All Rise News , Patterico's Pontifications and Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion RELATED: Josh Christenson / New York Post : Discussion: USA Today , The Hill , James Comey , Law Dork , CBS News , NBC News , Politico , The Independent , New York Times , MS NOW , Raw Story , Washington Post , NPR , CNBC , Washingtonian , Breitbart , National Review , Washington Examiner , The Gateway Pundit , New York Times , CNN , The Wrap , Fox News ,…