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?

Try using an HTTPUrlConnection or a OKHTTP Request to get the info, here try this:

Always do any kind of networking in a background thread else android will throw a NetworkOnMainThread Exception

new Thread(new Runnable(){

  public void run(){


    ArrayList<String> urls=new ArrayList<String>(); //to read each line
    //TextView t; //to show the result, please declare and find it inside onCreate()



    try {
         // Create a URL for the desired page
         URL url = new URL("http://somevaliddomain.com/somevalidfile"); //My text file location
         //First open the connection 
         HttpURLConnection conn=(HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
         conn.setConnectTimeout(60000); // timing out in a minute

         BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));

         //t=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.TextView1); // ideally do this in onCreate()
        String str;
        while ((str = in.readLine()) != null) {
            urls.add(str);
        }
        in.close();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        Log.d("MyTag",e.toString());
    } 

    //since we are in background thread, to post results we have to go back to ui thread. do the following for that

    Activity.this.runOnUiThread(new Runnable(){
      public void run(){
          t.setText(urls.get(0)); // My TextFile has 3 lines
      }
    });

  }
}).start();

val fileContent = MySpec::class.java.getResource("/html/file.html").readText()