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Malaphors 
“Pulls at every thread in this house of cards”
(About 3:20 mark) Emily Jashinsky talking about fallout from Billie Eilish’s Grammy comment about “stolen land”. The Tongva tribe has shown evidence that Ms. Eilish’s multi-million dollar home sits on their tribal land.
Seems to be combination of: “pull at a thread” – cause a situation to become unstable, and “house of cards” – unstable situation.
Pull on a thread also means to investigate and expose a secret.
I believe this is a mixed metaphor (string of two or more incompatible metaphors that produce a ridiculous result (eg., this tower of strength will forge ahead) as opposed to a malaphor, which is a blend of two or more idioms or metaphors. I don’t see a blend here.