the Erin in the Morning article covering this: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/republicans-push-fbi-to-designate

It’s important to note that the Heritage Foundation is not itself the federal government, and to our knowledge, its proposals are not yet in place.

If adopted, the move would mirror Russia’s path toward erasing LGBTQ+ civil society. In 2016, the Kremlin began labeling NGOs that threatened “public order” as extremist, a designation it later expanded to cover LGBTQ+ organizations outright. The parallels aren’t subtle.