So after 3 days of wanting to jump off a cliff. I found the answer. Of course it was a few minutes after asking the question here (first question ever so be kind.). The only Issue is you need a SSL cert for HTTPS on the server retrieving the file. My server is http but i can get a cert in there and fix that. to Test i threw up a github repository and linked to the raw text file. Here is my solution if this saves you 3 days pour one out for me.

Thread {
            try {
                val url = URL("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/USERNAME/NeedHTTPSdontWanaSSL/main/info.txt")
                val uc: HttpsURLConnection = url.openConnection() as HttpsURLConnection
                val br = BufferedReader(InputStreamReader(uc.getInputStream()))
                var line: String?
                val lin2 = StringBuilder()
                while (br.readLine().also { line = it } != null) {
                    lin2.append(line)
                }
                Log.d("The Text", "$lin2")
            } catch (e: IOException) {
                Log.d("texts", "onClick: " + e.getLocalizedMessage())
                e.printStackTrace()
            }
        }.start()

Credit: answered Aug 12, 2018 at 9:29 Aishik kirtaniya Android - How can I read a text file from a url?